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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ethics, same as
aretology. Grote .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with
eudemonics .
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- noun The
ethical theory whichexcludes allrelations betweenvirtue andhappiness ; thescience of virtue; contrasted with eudemonics.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretē, "virtue") + -ics.
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word aretaics
JM deplores the demise of aretaics as a field of study. That just can't be good.
January 18, 2011