moral duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandduty
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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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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofmoralanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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All of which made material reform an urgentmoralduty.
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Is there amoraldutyfor doctors to trust patients?
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The second is themoraldutyof agricultural improvement - the application of reason to the soil.
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The altruist theory assumes amoralduty, or obligation, to provide help in situations of need.
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If the extremist is correct, we may have amoraldutyto act 'prudentially'.
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It is ourmoralduty.
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That is amoralduty.
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He has amoralduty.
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Not only the right to possession, but also themoraldutyto make proper use of land was clear.
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For example, one of the few almostuniversal requirements around is themoraldutyto wear clothing in public.
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In this sense, one could argue that sensible care for oneself and one's health is amoralduty.
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First, it can serve as a non-rights-based reason for ourmoraldutyto aid an imprudent person.
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He stresses the "causal chains" connecting sufferer and observer and insists on ourmoraldutyto undertake ameliorative action.
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Political authority is legitimate only if it imposes a generalmoraldutyof obedience on those subject to it.
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The inability to satisfactorily resolve these questions here does not, however, invalidate the generalmoraldutyto protect research bystanders.
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That is our continuingmoralduty.
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This is not simply ourmoralduty.
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Amoraldutylies behind all that.
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Thirdly, there is amoralduty.
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It is ourmoraldutyto help.
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That is our firstmoralduty.
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If we suspend thatmoralduty, we have no answer.
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I believe the scientists have amoraldutyto mankind.
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To do so is, in fact, amoralduty.
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