A person who studies the branch of philosophy concerned with ethics.
‘pity has a bad reputation among many moral philosophers’
‘Most contemporary moral philosophers are much more admiring of justice and rights.’
‘In Britain, moral philosophers and theologians had already prepared the ground with their theories on "moral sense."’
‘He was the most influential moral philosopher in the second half of the twentieth century.’
‘This theory of propertied individualism was then supported and popularized by Scottish moral philosophers from Hutcheson to Adam Smith.’
‘An academic lawyer and moral philosopher, he has become a key player in the medical elite.’
‘The best way to characterize his contribution in the ethical sphere is, perhaps, to say that he was much more a moralist than a moral philosopher.’
‘MacIntyre has since become the leading light of virtue ethics, and one of the most influential Catholic moral philosophers.’
‘He was a moral philosopher who wrestled throughout his life with the link, if any, between public and private duty.’
‘The nominal hero of the film is a smug writer manqué who is also something of a moral philosopher, given to sermonizing on the virtues of responsibility, community, and the common good.’
‘In calling for a new approach, she draws on moral philosopher Alistair McIntyre's theory of narrative.’
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