Dictionary and Thesaurus for Ethics and Moral Education
This work room of the Moral Capital website provides brief introductions to many of the terms which are relevant for judgements of right and wrong. They have a part in the territory of Moral Education. Some are more technical than others, but they are all part of the wealth of thinking that wants to make moral sense and to act accordingly. Some are directly linked with culture, politics or religion, some expressly avoiding any suggestion of such links. Cultural anthropologists may be wary of generalisation. Whilst moral philosophers affirm the autonomy of ethics, philosophers of religion affirm autonomy on those grounds. In consequence, in so far as they operate in overlapping territory, they raise questions from the one for the other. Moreover, the plurality of beliefs globally is a reminder that there are other traditions of philosophy besides any dominant Western version.
The intention is that the entries to this Dictionary and Thesaurus should continue to grow, both in the number of terms listed and in what is said about them. As an initial means of enabling this to happen, at the bottom of this workroom there is a form for such amendments additions to be written and submitted for editorial consideration.
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- abortion
- absolutism
- abuse
- addiction
- adultery
- African Ethics
- ahimsa
- alcohol
- alienation
- altruism
- anarchism
- ancestor
- anger
- Anglican
- anicca
- animals
- anthropology
- anti-semitism
- anxiety
- Apartheid
- asceticism
- astrology
- authority
- autonomy
- Baha'i Ethics
- baptism
- Baptist
- BCE/CE
- Bhagavad Gita
- bioethics
- biogenetic determinants
- birth control
- birth order
- blaming the victim
- blasphemy
- Buddhist ethics
- bystanding
- canon law
- capital punishment
- capitalism
- Caste
- casuistry
- categorical imperative
- Catholic
- celibacy
- censorship
- character
- Character Education
- charity
- Chi
- Christian ethics
- Christian Science Ethics
- church
- circle time
- circumcision
- citizenship
- citizenship education
- civil disobedience
- civility
- classroom strategies
- cognitive moral development
- commandments and laws
- communism
- communitarianism
- community
- compromise
- conditioning
- confession
- conflict theory
- Confucian ethics
- Congregationalist
- conscience
- consciencization
- consequentialist
- conversion
- courage
- craving
- cremation
- crime
- crusade
- curriculum
- customs
- death
- Decalogue
- Defining Issues Test (DIT)
- deontology
- destiny
- devil
- dharma
- dhimmi
- discernment
- discrimination
- divine command
- drugs
- duty
- ecology
- ecumenical
- egoism
- eightfold path
- empathy
- environmental ethics
- envy
- equality
- eschatology
- ethics
- eudaimonism
- Euthyphro dilemma
- evil
- exceptionalism
- exemplar
- Existentialist ethics
- extremism
- fairness
- fallen-ness
- fanaticism
- Farmington man
- Fascism
- fate
- feminist ethics
- food
- forgiveness
- Four Noble Truths
- fraternity
- free will
- freedom
- future generations
- habit
- happiness
- heaven and hell
- hedonism
- heteronomy
- hierarchy
- Hindu Ethics
- holiness
- holocaust
- holy war
- homosexuality
- hope
- humanism
- Humanist ethics
- humanistic psychology
- hypothetical imperative
- Jain ethics
- jealousy
- Jehovah's Witness ethics
- Jewish Ethics
- jihad
- judgement
- just community school
- just war
- justice
- malice
- Marxist ethics
- media
- metaethics
- modes of moral thinking
- Mohist ethics
- moral capital
- moral competence
- moral emotions
- moral foundations theory
- moral philosophy
- Mormon ethics
- motivation
- multiculturalism
- Multiple identities
- Muslim ethics
- mysticism
- pacifism
- Panca Sila / Pantha sila
- parenting
- Parsi ethics
- peace
- perfectibility
- perfectionism
- philosophy for children (P4C)
- pleasure
- pluralism
- pollution
- pornography
- positive psychology
- post modernism
- pragmatism
- prejudice
- Presbyterian
- pride
- prima facie
- progress
- prophets
- prostitution
- Protestant
- prudence
- psychoanalysis
- punishment
- puritanism
- purity
- race
- racism
- Rastafarian Ethics
- rebirth/reincarnation
- recidivism
- reciprocity
- relativism
- Religion
- Religious Education
- ren
- repentance
- respect
- responsibility
- restitution
- revelation
- right and wrong
- rights
- Sangha
- Secular
- Sermon on the Mount
- shame
- shari'a
- Shinto ethics
- Sikh ethics
- sin
- situation ethics
- sloth
- Social Darwinism
- social learning theory
- social psychology
- socialisation
- socialism
- solidarity
- soul
- speciesism
- structural functionalism