Moral
adjective
Related to principles of what is right and wrong.
He made a moral choice to help the poor family
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- moral choice
- moral responsibility
noun
The lesson that a story, event, or experience is intended to teach.
The moral of the story is honesty is the best policy
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- moral of the story
- teach a moral
adjective
Causing to think about what is right and wrong.
It was a moral dilemma whether to help or not
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- moral dilemma
- moral issue
noun
Standards of behavior or beliefs about what is right and wrong.
Her morals prevented her from lying
Often appears as...
- strong morals
- lack morals
adjective
Related to principles of what is right and wrong.
He made a moral choice to help the poor family
Often appears as...
- moral choice
- moral responsibility
noun
The lesson that a story, event, or experience is intended to teach.
The moral of the story is honesty is the best policy
Often appears as...
- moral of the story
- teach a moral
adjective
Causing to think about what is right and wrong.
It was a moral dilemma whether to help or not
Often appears as...
- moral dilemma
- moral issue
noun
Standards of behavior or beliefs about what is right and wrong.
Her morals prevented her from lying
Often appears as...
- strong morals
- lack morals
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Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Often used when discussing ethics, society, and community values.
She questioned the moral implications of the city's new policy.
Pro Tip 2/2Personal Integrity
Reflects personal commitment to societal norms of right and wrong.
Despite peer pressure, his moral stance was not to cheat.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Often used when discussing ethics, society, and community values.
She questioned the moral implications of the city's new policy.
Pro Tip 2/2Personal Integrity
Reflects personal commitment to societal norms of right and wrong.
Despite peer pressure, his moral stance was not to cheat.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Often used when discussing ethics, society, and community values.
She questioned the moral implications of the city's new policy.
Pro Tip 2/2Personal Integrity
Reflects personal commitment to societal norms of right and wrong.
Despite peer pressure, his moral stance was not to cheat.
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Science can answer moral...
And I think of this as kind of a moral landscape, with peaks and valleys that correspond to differences in the well-being of conscious creatures, both personal and collective. And one thing to notice is that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access, that few people access.
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The ethical dilemma of...
their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles, like minimize harm, but even that quickly leads to morally murky decisions. For example,
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Would you sacrifice one...
It's popular because it forces us to think about how to choose when there are no good choices. Do we pick the action with the best outcome or stick to a moral code that prohibits causing someone's death? In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch,
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Ethical dilemma: Would...
holds that lying is always immoral, regardless of the circumstances. In other words, there’s a moral rule which forbids lying, and that rule is absolute. You might think, though, that this stance overstates the moral importance of lying.
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A message of peace, hope...
beyond the grave and you know and I'm trying to get yourself right finding out about other other other ways of looking at this world other than the you know the material then the moral you know and so therefore when you look at it like
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Making sense of...
suggested that numbers were the building blocks of the Universe and part of this belief was that everything from cosmology and metaphysics to music and morals followed eternal rules describable as ratios of numbers.
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Who was Confucius? -...
and by education in ritual, literature, and history. A person cultivated in this way works to help others, guiding them by moral inspiration rather than brute force. To put his philosophy into practice,
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Seal Pups: Ferociously...
the animal stays safe so we're really motivated to minimize our impact both because it helps the data that we collect be more accurate eight-point-five and also because we have a moral responsibility
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Baby Mountain Gorilla PIPE...
all like this job being her play well this is the fun stuff today yeah Alicia and her colleagues have a moral dilemma a life in captivity is not ideal for Myesha but reintroducing her to the wild is
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The moral roots of...
okay this is a bit of a problem because if our goal is to understand the world to seek a deeper understanding of the world our general lack of moral diversity here is going to make it harder
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Science can answer moral...
And I think of this as kind of a moral landscape, with peaks and valleys that correspond to differences in the well-being of conscious creatures, both personal and collective. And one thing to notice is that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access, that few people access.
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles, like minimize harm, but even that quickly leads to morally murky decisions. For example,
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
It's popular because it forces us to think about how to choose when there are no good choices. Do we pick the action with the best outcome or stick to a moral code that prohibits causing someone's death? In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch,
Video examples
Ethical dilemma: Would...
holds that lying is always immoral, regardless of the circumstances. In other words, there’s a moral rule which forbids lying, and that rule is absolute. You might think, though, that this stance overstates the moral importance of lying.
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
beyond the grave and you know and I'm trying to get yourself right finding out about other other other ways of looking at this world other than the you know the material then the moral you know and so therefore when you look at it like
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Making sense of...
suggested that numbers were the building blocks of the Universe and part of this belief was that everything from cosmology and metaphysics to music and morals followed eternal rules describable as ratios of numbers.
Video examples
Who was Confucius? -...
and by education in ritual, literature, and history. A person cultivated in this way works to help others, guiding them by moral inspiration rather than brute force. To put his philosophy into practice,
Video examples
Seal Pups: Ferociously...
the animal stays safe so we're really motivated to minimize our impact both because it helps the data that we collect be more accurate eight-point-five and also because we have a moral responsibility
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Baby Mountain Gorilla PIPE...
all like this job being her play well this is the fun stuff today yeah Alicia and her colleagues have a moral dilemma a life in captivity is not ideal for Myesha but reintroducing her to the wild is
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The moral roots of...
okay this is a bit of a problem because if our goal is to understand the world to seek a deeper understanding of the world our general lack of moral diversity here is going to make it harder
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Quote examples
Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Kids are born into the situation they're born into, and obviously, they have no control over that. And we, as adults, it's up to us to take care of kids - that's part of your moral responsibility. I always tell people, 'There's two groups we should take care of - old people and young people.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Henry Miller
American Author
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Kids are born into the situation they're born into, and obviously, they have no control over that. And we, as adults, it's up to us to take care of kids - that's part of your moral responsibility. I always tell people, 'There's two groups we should take care of - old people and young people.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Henry Miller
American Author
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
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