moral development
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralanddevelopment
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moral
adjective
uk/ˈmɒr.əl/us/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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development
noun
uk/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofmoralanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The amount of spiritual or biblical industriousness is thus simultaneously a measure ofmoraldevelopment.
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More than a condition associated with lack of mental andmoraldevelopment, it was also a condition associated with certain basic and clear physical problems.
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People'smoraldevelopment, "self-realization," was the key element that mattered.
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Stories told and lessons learned: toward a narrative approach tomoraldevelopmentand moral education.
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The aging person as philosopher :moraldevelopmentin the adult years.
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Research onmoraldevelopmentshows that the moral behavior of children tends to be situation-specific.
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His area of special interest is cognitivemoraldevelopmenttheory and its application to the field of healthcare.
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Biography became a favored vehicle for displaying both innermoraldevelopmentand its outward sign - reputation.
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She also found that the voice that emanated from this group of women was different from the psychological descriptions of identity andmoraldevelopmentthat dominated psychological literature.
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How do we sustain our ownmoraldevelopmentand that of the next generation while still keeping the victims of immense harm in our living memory?
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Trauma in childhood may also impact psychosexual andmoraldevelopment.
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Thus, the results of these studies suggested that the narrative technique offered a promising method for investigating early emotional andmoraldevelopmentand family relationships in preschoolers.
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It is hoped that these and continuing studies will serve to expand our understanding of the possible role of moral reasoning andmoraldevelopmentin medical education and practice.
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Sympathy is the foundation formoraldevelopment; it is also the foundation for society.
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Rousseau believed that, in the state of nature, human beings were free but dominated by their animal natures and low level of rational andmoraldevelopment.
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They are subjected to considerable moral risks, and the stunting effect on their general mental andmoraldevelopmentis serious.
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They also include the broader aim of furthering the personal, social andmoraldevelopmentof young people.
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All maintained schools are required to provide a curriculum which promotes pupils' spiritual andmoraldevelopment.
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There is a difficulty with the means of assessing the whole business ofmoraldevelopment.
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