English Explanatory Dictionary

moral science

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The systematic, scientific study of human nature and relationships.

Word forms

moral science moral sciences

Etymology

The term was used by David Hume (1711–1776) in his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, and subsequently adopted by some other scholars.

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