standard of morality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstandardandmorality
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standard
adjective
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
usual rather than special, especially when thought of as being correct ...
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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 ofstandardandmoralityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The ultimatestandardofmoralityis the general good, understood as some impartial positive function of the good of all individuals.
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We desire to see a healthy people develop, with intelligence, with a higherstandardofmoralitythan we dream of at the present moment.
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However, there are other individuals who have a laxerstandardofmorality.
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Is there any hope of bringing about a higherstandardofmoralityin this connection?
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Is this to be theirstandardofmoralityin regard to agreements which they have signed with their allies?
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Whatstandardofmoralityis to be applied in order to assess those teachers?
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This, of course, raises something much larger than the subject of our debate today—that is thestandardofmoralityof this country.
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I know that those who press for a higherstandardofmoralityin international affairs are sometimes accused of smugness or self-satisfaction.
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Does he mean that because we stand up and speak for the higheststandardofmoralityfor our people we are intolerant?
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I do not attempt to deny that there is a doublestandardofmorality.
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There is a generalstandardofmoralitythat we must all observe.
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They are honest and theirstandardofmoralityis very high.
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It lays down a commonstandardofmoralityin international affairs.
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At least the steel house gives you astandardofmoralitythat these two-apartment dwellings do not have.
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Thestandardofmoralityin horseracing would be considerably increased if the bookmakers were wiped out altogether.
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It is a curious thing how mere size will affect some people'sstandardofmorality.
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That seemed to be the public recognition of a doublestandardofmoralityfor men and women.
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Full employment demands a highstandardofmoralityon the part of the worker, and unemployment demands a high standard of morality on the part of the employer.
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Even today thestandardofmoralityand honesty in this country is definitely and tragically worse than it was 10 years ago, because we have all this pressure for jobs.
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I may be old-fashioned, but we have moved a long way from thestandardofmoralitywhich existed in my early days—even in my middle-aged days.
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