moral philosophy
noun
philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
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Origin of moral philosophy
First recorded in 1600–10
Words nearby moral philosophy
morality, morality play, moralize, morally, Moral Majority, moral philosophy, Moral Re-Armament, moral sense, moral support, moral theology, moral turpitude
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British Dictionary definitions for moral philosophy
moral philosophy
noun
the branch of philosophy dealing with both argument about the content of morality and meta-ethical discussion of the nature of moral judgment, language, argument, and value
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