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
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Instead of offering nation-building courses in economics and agriculture, Makerere emphasizes such traditional Western disciplines as ethical philosophy and Greek.
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Thus did Mencius long anticipate Adam Smith who founds his ethical philosophy on Sympathy.
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo
To attempt the training of human character by means of ethical philosophy or moral science—as it used to be called—appears to be somewhat of a theological "survival."
From George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway by Conway, Moncure Daniel
The Stoic opposition to Christianity was the contempt of the Gaul or Roman for what was foreign, or of ethical philosophy for religion.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey