ethical philosophy
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But for all his learning, Acton never published a book in his own lifetime; and for all its brilliance, his rigidly ethical philosophy seemed out of step with the complacent new materialism of his age.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of offering nation-building courses in economics and agriculture, Makerere emphasizes such traditional Western disciplines as ethical philosophy and Greek.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the overflowing exuberance of their philanthropy, they take pity of our most lamentable moral darkness, and graciously condescend to teach us the very A B C of ethical philosophy!
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
The main purpose of this paper is to show that there is no such thing possible as an ethical philosophy dogmatically made up in advance.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
But the ethical philosophy and the higher poetry of the two peoples belong not only to our immediate lineage but to our present possessions.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
