Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ethics, same as aretology. Grote.
Wiktionary
- n. The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudemonics.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with
eudemonics .
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretē, "virtue") + -ics. (Wiktionary)
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jmjarmstrong JM deplores the demise of aretaics as a field of study. That just can't be good. Jan 17, 2011