moral distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralanddistinction
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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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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition ofmoralanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There was a seductive logic to claims of amoraldistinctionbetween compounders and personal ratepayers.
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What is themoraldistinction?
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In effect, themoraldistinctionbetween parties in the original version of the number is replaced by colour.
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It is the case of nondonation that clarifies precisely themoraldistinctionbetween altruistic versus intimate donors.
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I do not see themoraldistinction.
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There is an importantmoraldistinctionhere.
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I do not draw themoraldistinctionat all.
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What is themoraldistinctionbetween the man who.
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I cannot see anymoraldistinctionbetween the two.
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There seems to me to be a considerablemoraldistinction.
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Is there not a clearmoraldistinctionto be made?
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It does not involve anymoraldistinctionat all.
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I find it extremely difficult to make thatmoraldistinction.
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I am concerned that such amoraldistinctionis obscured in this nobly intended quest to provide whatever success we can find for our child.
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There is nomoraldistinctionwhatsoever; the practices are essentially the same.
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We want to get away from the criminal distinction and come to themoraldistinction.
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It is quite clear that there is a distinction in terms of scale, but what is themoraldistinction?
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To try to draw amoraldistinctionbetween them is a feeble error at the present moment.
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It would be a very hardmoraldistinctionto make between playing cricket and watching professional cricket.
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I see nomoraldistinctionbetween the use of a so-called spare and the creation of an embryo specifically for experimentation.
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However, he says that there is nomoraldistinctionbetween those embryos or conceptuses which are spare and those specifically generated for research.
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It seems to me that to fail to make thismoraldistinctionis intellectual and political dishonesty of a very high order.
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I see nomoraldistinctionbetween allowing experiments up to 14 days and not thereafter, whether it is up to 40 days or two months.
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This has led to attempts to find a relevantmoraldistinctionbetween the two cases.
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There is nomoraldistinctionbetween those who were not permitted to contribute, and those who did not find themselves in a position to do so.
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