moral science

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He studied English literature in Paris at the Sorbonne and graduated with honors from Trinity College in Dublin with a degree in mental and moral science.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011

He had read Locke and Burke, and he was deeply influenced by Friedrich A. Hayek, professor of social and moral science at the University of Chicago and author of The Road to Serfdom.

From Time Magazine Archive

So viewed, moral science is a necessary element of a sound education, and the higher its principles the more the conscience is raised and refined.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

On the contrary, they habitually address us as if nothing but a purblind ignorance of the very first elements of moral science could shield our minds against the force of their irresistible arguments.

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 products of literature and art and the records of natural and moral science afford ever present evidence of the extent of these endowments, and of the executive capacity associated with their utilisation.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various