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Bioethics
the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
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The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.the study of values and value judgments
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the l…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The branch of law governing agreements and the obligations they create.
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bod…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.Same as Dialectics.
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodi…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.the meta-ethical view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral.; "The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reali…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The science of causes. Same as /tiology.
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.Alt. of Eudaemonism
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due adm…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.Detraction; depreciation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, ethics, studies, moral, values.The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or hea…
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