aretaics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.

Word forms

aretaics

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue”) + -ics.

Related words

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