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What does moral mean?
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moral

Doing something that is moral means you are doing something good. Usually, this is doing things that are seen as right by most people without thought (informally). Often what is moral is based on religion or culture. John, don't do that, it's not very moral.

moral

Teachings of what is right and what is wrong. Mr. Johnson is known for his good morals. Something that is learned from a story or event; a lesson. The moral of is "slow and steady wins the race".

moral

concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles moral sense a moral scrutiny a moral lesson a moral quandary moral convictions a moral life the significance of a story or event the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect a moral victory moral support

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Simple sentences

He lacks moral sense.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
Modern society is going through a moral crisis.
They have no moral authority.
It is a moral question.
It is not acceptable to our moral code.
My grandfather led a moral life.
Moral and physical development are remarkable in the youth.
Moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.
He considers himself a guardian of moral standards.
We have a moral responsibility to act.
I have moral standards.
The frailties of the old lecher were both physical and moral.
Mary had a moral dilemma: should she tell the police that the man in the CCTV footage of the hold-up, looked like Tom?
We will give them moral support.
I certainly don't subscribe to the view that women are necessarily more moral than men.
A baby has no moral compass.
The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral.
She gave me moral support.
Tom gave Mary moral support.
Every fable ends up with a moral.
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
Moral values are important in society.

Movie subtitles

This conversation was on a high moral plane up to now.
Despite the misery in which the Hurdanos live their moral and religious sense is the same as anywhere else in the world.
Do you realize the immensity of our moral responsibility?
Moral effect on the children.
Moral effect on the public.
The publishers did not see that my purpose was to write a moral lesson of the punishment that befell a mortal man who dared to emulate God.
If you only saw the compassion, the deep moral bravery of the Marshal leaning over the beds of the pitiful patients.
Moral courage.
In other words, moral ideas have no weight with you.
It's quite suitable to your high moral character.
The spouse should have enough moral strength to confess and purge of it.
And in determining the credibility of any witness. thejury may take into consideration his or her moral character. as disclosed by the evidence developed at the trial.
From her heart has come an ever-increasing flow of virtue and moral blessing.
It teaches a moral lesson.
The Captain is a moral man. Sometimes he finds it trying.
The Captain is a very moral man.
The boys in the club would laugh their heads off if they heard you were offering moral advice.
I wonder if the moral difference isn't in our favor?
However, her majesty's government is determined to obey her traditional politics' rules to serve the European moral and to strengthen the kingdom's power.
England has always been on the side of the moral unless it is true that Maria and Riccio are having. how?
We have moral rights on our side.
Was it moral indignation?
Step up for a moral and educational exhibition of marksmanship by the King of the Plains.
You have no moral maturity.
It has no moral whatsoever..and proves nothing at all.
But I must appeal to his moral sense.
I know I shall not appeal to his moral sense.. in vain.
Are you a moral man, Mr. Hemingway?
Oh, yes, yes, I'm a moral man.
If I find your moral life is nothing more than a snare and a delusion I'll cut you off like a ripe banana.
You're a good, clean moral man, aren't you, Horace?
Are you suddenly concerned over moral values, Deacon?

News and current affairs

At a time when public debate in Israel is torn between pseudo-religious nationalist fanatics and anti-Zionists masquerading as post-modernists, the moral certitudes of Eban, for all their urbanity, may sound shallow.
But nation-building requires moral stamina, and Eban provided it to his people and the world in abundance.
A recent study has shown that the anti-depressant Citalopram can change the responses of individuals to hypothetical moral dilemma scenarios.
But the research is advancing fast, and it is almost certain to suggest new ways to reshape our moral intuitions, sentiments, and motivations.
Humans are born with the capacity to be moral, but it is a limited capacity which is ill equipped to deal with the ethical complexities of the modern world.
Governments must not be given the power to control its citizens' moral code - we know that if they had such power, they would misuse it.
Netanyahu's project is not moral.
Former perpetrators often try to de-legitimize their former victims' moral superiority by claiming they were victims themselves.
If all people conform to a particular set of beliefs, including moral codes of behavior, conflicts will disappear.
Marxism appealed to Chinese intellectuals, because it was bookish, introduced a modern moral orthodoxy, and was based, like Confucianism, on a promise of perfect harmony.
One hopes that this will lend comfort to him, and give a moral boost to Chinese who share his views.
By contrast, rebelling against one's parents' generation and rediscovering traditional moral stances will save France - a message that is highly applicable to issues, such as education and immigration, that may dominate the electoral campaign.
Seizing the opportunity requires that humility rather than moral supremacy prevails.
In essence, the form of government we seek within Germany and across Europe is built on a sense of moral discourse and moral decision-making rather than on the supposedly eternal truth of some abstract political concept.
So we shouldn't be too quick to dismiss the suggestion that science might help - in the first instance, by helping us design more effective institutions, more inspiring moral education, or more persuasive ethical arguments.
PRINCETON - What we are doing to our planet, to our children and grandchildren, and to the poor, by our heedless production of greenhouse gases, is one of the great moral wrongs of our age.
As Burma's authorities test reform, these gifts, together with her negotiating skills and, most of all, her vast moral authority, will be tested as never before.
Every day, he is forced into moral choices that no one should have to make.
This does not mean that all efforts to build a more moral world are doomed.
For governments and international organizations, as with individuals, moral failure is easier to live with if we can pretend that it never happened.
But mass atrocity crimes did happen in Sri Lanka, there was moral default all around, and if we do not learn from this past, we will indeed be condemned to repeat it.
Her political style is both refreshing and relevant, because she comes across as sincere and forthright at a time when the public is hungry for moral leadership.
These countries recognize the practical value of investing in Africa's development, as well as the moral and political imperative of keeping their promises.

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