moral science

短语

[法] 伦理学

词形变化

moral sciences 复数 moral sciences

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The systematic, scientific study of human nature and relationships.

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    Adam Smith conceived of economics as a moral science in the Humean sense.

词源

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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