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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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totalitarianism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A typology employed by political scientists to describe modern regimes in which the state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior. Totalitarian regimes ...
transcendentalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is ...
universalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Synonym for moral universalism, as a compromise between moral relativism and moral absolutism.
utilitarianism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Theory of ethics based on quantitative maximization of total welfare for a specific population of humans. It is a form of consequentialism. Welfare is generally described ...
utopianism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The many various social and political movements, and a significant body of religious and secular literature, based upon the idea that paradise is achievable on earth.
value pluralism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The idea that two or more moral values may be equally ultimate (true), yet in conflict. In addition, it postulates that in many cases, such incompatible values, may be rationally ...
verificationism
Philosophy; General philosophy
An epistemic theory of truth based on the idea that the mind engages in a certain kind of activity: "verifying" a proposition. The distinctive claim of verificationism is that the ...
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