personal morality

collocation in English

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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morality
noun
uk
/məˈræl.ə.ti/us
/məˈræl.ə.t̬i/
a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandmoralityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is a difference betweenpersonalmoralityand public law.
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It is most typically associated with innovative biomedical technology or challenging questions at the intersection of medicine with law, public policy, orpersonalmorality.
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According to this view, persons with specific roles that serve state interests must put aside misgivings aboutpersonalmoralityin favor of the common good.
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This is not an offence againstpersonalmorality, and it is not dishonesty.
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It is not a matter ofpersonalmorality, where justice can often be tempered with mercy.
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It is to do with thepersonalmoralityof the people who do the attacking.
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Theirpersonalmoralityis dictated by what is permitted or not permitted by the law.
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We must be aware also that family policy matters touch onpersonalmorality.
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What we all want to see is an upsurge of social andpersonalmorality.
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It is not just tradition orpersonalmoralitywhich are the points at issue.
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How on earth can he justify any statement that traditional family values do not involvepersonalmorality?
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The authors' central concern is with conflicts over ' ' political philosophy, race relations, gender roles, andpersonalmorality' ' that became prominent in the 1960s and have been contested ever since.
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There is a tendency in some quarters to polarise debates between those who emphasisepersonalmoralityand those who emphasise social factors.
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They say one thing aboutpersonalmoralityof the individual and often do something different, as we have seen yet again this week.
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This country is known for the fantastically high standard ofpersonalmorality, and the losses in activities of this sort are extraordinarily small.
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Conflict between legal ethics andpersonalmoralitywas a recurring theme.
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Personalmoralityis associated with revolutionary power and the following of one's own conscience.
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Liturgical churches comprised over a quarter of the vote and wanted the government to stay out ofpersonalmoralityissues.
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In democratic systems, majority rule is used to determine group decisions, particularly those relating topersonalmoralityand social behavior.
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He added that he was not a social conservative and did not believe the government should legislatepersonalmorality.
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It is all too easy to confine values to a special debate on the subject or to associate them only with issues ofpersonalmoralityor so-called "family values".
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Pietism increased at the expense of orthodoxy, but their emphasis onpersonalmoralityand sanctification came at the expense of teaching the doctrine of justification.
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Though he incorporates hispersonalmoralityinto his work, he has said that he does not intend to ever make a movie with an explicitly religious message.
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