SettingsEthical schools and movements
Autarchism
Autarchism (from Greek, "belief in self rule") is a political philosophy that upholds the principle of individual liberty, rejects compulsory government, and supports the elimination of governme...
Autarchism (from Greek, "belief in self rule") is a political philosophy that upholds the principle of individual liberty, rejects compulsory government, and supports the elimination of governme...
Clean living movement
In the history of the United States, a clean living movement is a period of time when a surge of health-reform crusades, many with moral overtones, erupts into the popular consciousness.
In the history of the United States, a clean living movement is a period of time when a surge of health-reform crusades, many with moral overtones, erupts into the popular consciousness.
Cognitivism (ethics)
Cognitivism is the meta-ethical view that ethical sentences express propositions and can therefore be true or false (they are truth-apt), which noncognitivists deny.
Cognitivism is the meta-ethical view that ethical sentences express propositions and can therefore be true or false (they are truth-apt), which noncognitivists deny.
Conimbricenses
Conimbricenses or Collegium Conimbricenses is the name by which Jesuits of the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal were known.
Conimbricenses or Collegium Conimbricenses is the name by which Jesuits of the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal were known.
Cosmocentrism
A cosmocentric ethic maintains that the natural state of our universe should be preserved, without human attempts to terraform planets for human habitation.
A cosmocentric ethic maintains that the natural state of our universe should be preserved, without human attempts to terraform planets for human habitation.
Cynicism
Cynicism, in its original form, refers to the beliefs of an ancient school of Greek philosophers known as the Cynics.
Cynicism, in its original form, refers to the beliefs of an ancient school of Greek philosophers known as the Cynics.
Cyrenaics
The Cyrenaics were an ultra-hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BC, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed to h...
The Cyrenaics were an ultra-hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BC, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed to h...
Democratic transhumanism
Democratic transhumanism, a term coined by Dr. James Hughes in 2002, refers to the stance of transhumanists (advocates for the development and use of human enhancement technologies) who espo...
Democratic transhumanism, a term coined by Dr. James Hughes in 2002, refers to the stance of transhumanists (advocates for the development and use of human enhancement technologies) who espo...
Egoist anarchism
Egoist anarchism is a school of anarchist thought that originated in the philosophy of Max Stirner, a nineteenth century Hegelian philosopher whose "name appears with familiar regularity in hist...
Egoist anarchism is a school of anarchist thought that originated in the philosophy of Max Stirner, a nineteenth century Hegelian philosopher whose "name appears with familiar regularity in hist...
Evolutionary ethics
Evolutionary ethics could be either a form of descriptive ethics or normative ethics.
Evolutionary ethics could be either a form of descriptive ethics or normative ethics.
Moral syncretism
Moral syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory moral beliefs, often while melding the ethical practices of various schools of thought.
Moral syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory moral beliefs, often while melding the ethical practices of various schools of thought.
Moral universalism
Moral universalism is the meta-ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universally, that is, for "all similarly situated individuals", regardless of culture, r...
Moral universalism is the meta-ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universally, that is, for "all similarly situated individuals", regardless of culture, r...
Natural law
Natural law, or the law of nature, is a system of law which is purportedly determined by nature, and thus universal.
Natural law, or the law of nature, is a system of law which is purportedly determined by nature, and thus universal.
Objectivist movement
The Objectivist movement is a movement to study and advance the philosophy of Objectivism.
The Objectivist movement is a movement to study and advance the philosophy of Objectivism.
Perfectionism (philosophy)
In ethics and value theory, perfectionism is the persistence of will in obtaining the optimal quality of spiritual, mental, physical, and material being.
In ethics and value theory, perfectionism is the persistence of will in obtaining the optimal quality of spiritual, mental, physical, and material being.
Satyagraha
Satyagraha, loosely translated as "insistence on truth"- satya; agraha "soul force" or "truth force" is a particular philosophy and practice within the broader overall category generally known ...
Satyagraha, loosely translated as "insistence on truth"- satya; agraha "soul force" or "truth force" is a particular philosophy and practice within the broader overall category generally known ...
School of Salamanca
The School of Salamanca is the renaissance of thought in diverse intellectual areas by Spanish theologians, rooted in the intellectual and pedagogical work of Francisco de Vitoria.
The School of Salamanca is the renaissance of thought in diverse intellectual areas by Spanish theologians, rooted in the intellectual and pedagogical work of Francisco de Vitoria.
Simunye (philosophy)
"Simunye - We are one No matter how fat or skinny you are, or whether you black white yellow or somewhere in between, you are a person.
"Simunye - We are one No matter how fat or skinny you are, or whether you black white yellow or somewhere in between, you are a person.
Situational ethics
Situational ethics, or situation ethics, is a Christian ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960s by the then Episcopal priest Joseph Fletcher.
Situational ethics, or situation ethics, is a Christian ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960s by the then Episcopal priest Joseph Fletcher.
Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early.
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early.
Technorealism
Technorealism is an attempt to expand the middle ground between Techno-utopianism and Neo-Luddism by assessing the social and political implications of technologies so that people might all have...
Technorealism is an attempt to expand the middle ground between Techno-utopianism and Neo-Luddism by assessing the social and political implications of technologies so that people might all have...
The God of the Machine
The God of the Machine is a book written by Isabel Paterson and published in 1943.
The God of the Machine is a book written by Isabel Paterson and published in 1943.
Ubuntu (philosophy)
Ubuntu or "uMunthu" is an African ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
Ubuntu or "uMunthu" is an African ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
Vegan organic gardening
Vegan organic gardening and farming is the organic cultivation and production of food crops and other crops with a minimal amount of exploitation or harm to any animal.
Vegan organic gardening and farming is the organic cultivation and production of food crops and other crops with a minimal amount of exploitation or harm to any animal.