moral philosopher
C1768
concept
A moral philosopher is a thinker who systematically examines questions of right and wrong, virtue, justice, and the good life, using reasoned argument to analyze and evaluate ethical beliefs and practices.
Observed surface forms (4)
- utilitarian philosopher ×3
- 19th-century philosopher ×2
- Italian philosopher ×2
- natural law theorist ×1
Instances (17)
- James Mill via concept surface "utilitarian philosopher"
- Harriet Taylor Mill via concept surface "19th-century philosopher"
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- William Ames
- John Rawls
- Pico della Mirandola via concept surface "Italian philosopher"
- Richard Price
- Francis Hutcheson
- Leo Tolstoy
- Ludwig Feuerbach via concept surface "19th-century philosopher"
- Samuel Pufendorf via concept surface "natural law theorist"
- Jim Casy
- Epictetus
- Bernard Williams
- Giambattista Vico via concept surface "Italian philosopher"
- Henry Sidgwick via concept surface "utilitarian philosopher"
- Peter Singer