The philosophical study of moral values and rules.
synonym: ethics.
Roget 450:
intellect,
mind,
understanding,
reason,
thinking principle;
rationality;
cogitative faculties,
cognitive faculties,
discursive faculties,
reasoning faculties,
intellectual faculties;
faculties,
senses,
consciousness,
observation,
percipience,
intelligence,
intellection,
intuition,
association of ideas,
instinct,
conception,
judgment,
wits,
parts,
capacity,
intellectuality,
genius;
brains,
cognitive powers,
intellectual powers;
wit
etc.
498;
ability
etc.
(skill)
698;
wisdom
etc.
498;
Vernunft [G.],
Verstand [G.].
soul,
spirit,
ghost,
inner man,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
penetralia mentis [Lat.],
divina particula aurae [Lat.],
heart's core;
the Absolute,
psyche,
subliminal consciousness,
supreme principle.
brain,
organ of thought,
seat of thought;
sensorium†,
sensory;
head,
headpiece;
pate,
noddle†,
noggin,
skull,
scull,
pericranium [Med.],
cerebrum,
cranium,
brainpan†,
sconce,
upper story.
[in computers] [Comp.]
central processing unit,
CPU;
arithmetic and logical unit,
ALU.
[Science of mind]
metaphysics;
psychics,
psychology;
ideology;
mental philosophy,
moral philosophy;
philosophy of the mind;
pneumatology†,
phrenology;
craniology [Med.],
cranioscopy [Med.].
ideality,
idealism;
transcendentalism,
spiritualism;
immateriality
etc.
317;
universal concept,
universal conception.
metaphysician,
psychologist
etc.
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Roget 926:
duty,
what ought to be done,
moral obligation,
accountableness†,
liability,
onus,
responsibility;
bounden duty,
imperative duty;
call,
call of duty;
accountability.
allegiance,
fealty,
tie engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
part;
function,
calling
etc.
(business)
625.
morality,
morals,
decalogue;
case of conscience;
conscientiousness
etc.
(probity)
939;
conscience,
inward monitor,
still small voice within,
sense of duty,
tender conscience,
superego;
the hell within
[Paradise Lost].
dueness
etc.
924;
propriety,
fitness,
seemliness,
amenability,
decorum,
to prepon;
the thing,
the proper thing;
the right thing to do,
the proper thing to do.
[Science of morals]
ethics,
ethology. ;
deontology†,
aretology†;
moral philosophy,
ethical philosophy;
casuistry,
polity.
observance,
fulfillment,
discharge,
performance,
acquittal,
satisfaction,
redemption;
good behavior.
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Dutch: moraalwetenschap, ethiek, moraal, moraalfilosofie, moraaltheologie, zedenkunde, zedenleer
Polish: etyka