moral ideal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandideal
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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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ideal
noun
uk/aɪˈdɪəl/us/aɪˈdiː.əl/
a principle or a way of behaving that is of a very ...
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(Definition ofmoralandidealfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is amoralidealthat is worth promoting.
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But respecting rights is usually thought of as a deontologicalmoralideal.
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If people are already spontaneously altruistic, how can altruism be amoralideal?
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An alternative viewpoint might build a rationale for combining justice and care and for considering both constituents as components of amoralideal.
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He believes that religion provides a regulativemoralidealfor human life.
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At any moment, each individual could will amoralidealthat was both rational and unselfish.
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From these data, neither care nor justice appears to emerge as amoralideal.
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This would seem to reflect rather poorly on young physicians if the concept of justice is considered themoralideal.
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On non-instrumental egalitarianism equality is a distinctmoralidealwith independent normative significance.
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But of course, not all moral philosophers agree that altruism must be a central feature of an ideal for it to be amoralideal.
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Braithwaite did not - both that statements about amoralidealcan be true or false and that some are in fact true.
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Adams argues that the answer to this question will be determined, in large measure at least, by what we include in the 'moralideal' that a perfect being must satisfy.
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I am all for the armed guarantee of peace; it is a finemoralideal.
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All that is necessary is the continual expression of thismoralideal.
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The individual determines what themoralidealfor the society is.
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Other potential moral ideals in contrast to justice and care could include benevolence, following authority, adherence to religious teachings, and so forth.
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His current focus is on transitivity, the good, moral ideals and practical reasoning.
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As such, it is governed by moral ideals and ethical principles designed to protect the interests of patients and to guide the providerpatient relationship.
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Rethinking the good, moral ideals and the nature of practical reasoning.
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He described broad universal moral ideals, avoiding rhetoric that condemned certain segments of the polis as lacking moral virtue.
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