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Moral Philosophy

Definition: Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

Noun

1. The philosophical study of moral values and rules.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Moral Philosophy

Synonym: ethics (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Moral Philosophy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Duty

Ethics, ethology.; deontology, aretology; moral philosophy, ethical philosophy; casuistry, polity.

Intellect

Metaphysics; psychics, psychology; ideology; mental philosophy, moral philosophy; philosophy of the mind; pneumatology, phrenology; craniology, cranioscopy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Moral Philosophy

English words defined with "moral philosophy": AretologycasuistryEudaemonicsNatural philosophy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "moral philosophy": Round Peg. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Moral Philosophy

DomainTitle

Books

  • Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy (reference)

  • The Elements of Moral Philosophy with Dictionary of Philosophical Terms (reference)

  • The Responsible Self: An Essay in Christian Moral Philosophy (Library of Theological Ethics) (reference)

  • The Right Thing To Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Moral Philosophy

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

It was Moral Philosophy that our idol lectured on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Moral Philosophy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

moral philosophy

18
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Modern Translation: Moral Philosophy

Language Translations for "moral philosophy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

morale (morals). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

etika (ethic, ethics), erkölcstan (ethics, morality). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"徳学 , "学 (ethics), 倫理学 (ethics). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

どうがく (ethics, the same amount, the same school), どうとくがく, り"りがく (ethics). (various references)

   

Manx

  

fallsoonaght voralaght. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oralmay ilosophyphay

   

Romanian

  

moralã (ethics, lecture, lesson, moral, morality, spirits), eticã (deontology, ethics, morality). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

этика (deontology, ethics, morality, morals). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

moral (moral, morale, morality, morally, mulberry, mulberry bush). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sedelära (morality). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Moral Philosophy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

ethike philosophia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Moral Philosophy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-h-i-l-l-m-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-y"

-5 letters: allomorphs, hypomorphs, philosophy, phosphoryl, polymorphs, sporophyll.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-h-i-l-l-m-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-y"
 

+4 letters: polychromatophilias.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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