| NOUN | cognition | moral philosophy, ethics | the philosophical study of moral values and rules |
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| Meaning | The philosophical study of moral values and rules. | |
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| Synonym | ethics | |
| Category of | descriptivism | (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value |
| egoism | (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality | |
| prescriptivism | (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior | |
| Narrower | bioethics | The branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences |
| casuistry | moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | |
| eudemonism, endaemonism | An ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | |
| hedonism | An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | |
| Broader | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
| Spanish | ética | |
| Catalan | ètica | |
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