concept of morality

collocation in English

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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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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 ofconceptandmoralityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Must we teach them religion in order to achieve someconceptofmorality, human relationship, affection and understanding?
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This is wholly pernicious and it takes an extremely narrow view of theconceptofmoralityas such.
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I believe that they have narrowed theconceptofmoralitywithin too fine a limit.
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He has little or noconceptofmorality, often creating difficult situations for the characters and only rectifying them because he is told to.
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The concept of "virtus" also tended to be aconceptofmoralityas far as politics were concerned.
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Bakhtin deals with theconceptofmoralitywhereby he attributes the predominating legalistic notion of morality to human moral action.
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Ordinary people apprehend much more than the concepts of morality.
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They were formed by people of humble origin, usually from the field, under the leadership of a chief who imposed their ownconceptofmorality, honor, justice and piety.
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Of course, a society or a culture that does not have the concepts of morality and of law does not have a view about their demarcation.
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It reflects concepts of morality and justice which are deeply embedded in the whole fabric of our society.
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To pass on life to another, surely that is the profound meaning of evolution, the only moral law, moreover, which is indifferent to our concepts of morality?
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They wish to develop in a way that still respects their local concepts of morality and their relationships with nature and with each other.
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It can refer to, and be used synonymously with, the concepts of morality, self-righteousness, and superiority complex.
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The debate between centralism and non-centralism revolves around the relationship between the so-called thin and thick concepts of morality.
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