moral philosophy

1. 1.

   the philosophical study of moral values and rules

   Synonymsethics

   Broaderphilosophy

   Narrowerbioethicscasuistryeudemonismhedonism

Questions about moral philosophy

What does moral philosophy mean?

moral philosophy means "the philosophical study of moral values and rules".

What is another word for moral philosophy?

Close synonyms include ethics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moral philosophy a common word?

moral philosophy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.