philosophy any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
bioethics the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
casuistry moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
endaemonism,
eudemonism an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
hedonism an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
ethics -
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
motivation,
motive,
need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
hedonism an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
