(cosmology, religion, philosophy) Eternal recurrence.

(cosmology, religion, philosophy) The belief or theory that all the events in cosmic history repeat in an endless cycle.

A Calvinist value emphasizing the necessity of constant labor in a person's calling as a sign of personal salvation.

Alternative form of Protestant work ethic

(ethics) The golden rule used by philosophers.

Synonym of Protestant work ethic

(ethics) A branch of ethics concerned with classifying actions as right and wrong, attempting to develop a set of rules governing human conduct, or a set of norms for action.

(ethics) The study of people's beliefs about morality, in contrast to normative ethics and metaethics.

(organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance (NH₂-COOC₂H₅), structurally it is an ester of carbamic acid.

One who practices ethnography.