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8 matches to Ethics
Ethics. Study of what is good human conduct.
Eucken, Rudolf. 1846-1926. German philosopher: personal ethics are more important than intellectual idealism.
Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.
I Ching. 12C BC. Supplement 475BC. Chinese Book of Changes. 64 hexagrams used for divination. Early ethics, philosophy text.
Melanchthon, Philip. 1497-1560. German Lutheran theologian educationist. Dogmatic Protestant 1521, introduced term. Augsburg Confession 1530. Ethics 1538.
Phaedo. c417BC. Greek Socratic philosopher. Dialectics, ethics.
Samuel, Herbert. 1870-1963. British philosopher, statesman. Practical Ethics.
Spinoza, Baruch. 1632-77. Dutch Rationalist philosopher. Criticized scriptures. Excommunicated by Jews. God and nature are one. Determinist. Pantheist. God and Nature 1659. Ethics 1665.