moral philosopher
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandphilosopher
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moral
adjective
uk/ˈmɒr.əl/us/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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philosopher
noun[C]
uk/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fər/us/fɪˈlɑː.sə.fɚ/
someone who studies or writes about the meaning ...
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(Definition ofmoralandphilosopherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It seems to me that there is great tension in the attitudes of many contemporary moral philosophers on this point.
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He developed a considerable reputation as an analyticmoralphilosopheron the basis of a number of articles published in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Already it is evident that there is something new and interesting in this book for moral philosophers to consider.
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Unlike some moral philosophers, economists are not claiming that pursuing money is intrinsically wrong.
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Deliberation by themoralphilosophermust attempt to create a narrative that includes as many concrete interests as possible.
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You do not have to be amoralphilosopherto be moral.
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Yet the historian and themoralphilosopherare both exemplary storytellers.
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Sometimes she was shoddy as a historian; she could be overbearing as amoralphilosopher.
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I am a politician and not amoralphilosopheror a scientist.
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I can never understand it, but people will go on for hours about the difference between an ethicist and amoralphilosopher.
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I am not amoralphilosopheror a theologian.
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Prior to this century nomoralphilosopherwould have said that retribution as an element of justice was revenge.
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As amoralphilosopherof sorts, one would say there is no such thing as physical pain.
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I must here interpolate a philosophical point because of course the chairman of the report is a distinguishedmoralphilosopher.
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He was a persuasive teller of parables andmoralphilosopher.
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The question of what our moral obligations are must apparently become one for moral philosophers with specialist knowledge of social science to answer.
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What are moral philosophers imagining as the social realization of the views they propose and defend?
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From their perspective, moral philosophers have failed to think seriously about the theoretical problems raised by measurement.
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For example, some moral philosophers think it is an intuitive idea about rights that they should be concerned with freedom rather than well-being.
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