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an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
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the philosophical study of causation
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Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Research methods, Ethics and reproducibility, General philosophy, Ethics philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts
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Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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
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Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science.(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…
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…
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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 philosophical study of causation
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 branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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
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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The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best ro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.A study that tests a treatment or healthcare approach in people.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has take…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.Alt. of Ethical
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethical, system, evaluates, pursuit, pleasure.
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