Who ws it?

[kelia24]

The first philosopher to systematically approach ethics from a scientific standpoint was

[Lil O'lady]

...making it up?

[heathfield]

Lost in history, I'd guess. Aristotle poured scorn on those who tried to treat ethics as if they were capable of conforming to mathematical rules, saying that it couldn't be done. And he said it more than once

[yapisle]

this may help ....

http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/phil osophy/works/en/newton.htm