moral imperative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandimperative
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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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imperative
noun
uk/ɪmˈper.ə.tɪv/us/ɪmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv/
languagespecialized
the form of a verb that is usually used for ...
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(Definition ofmoralandimperativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmoral imperative
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We can take off the hat of the imperious decisionmaker with themoralimperativeto preserve life at almost any cost.
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Many in the environmental movement, on the other hand, see forest preservation as amoralimperative that should be exempted from hard-nosed economic analysis.
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This constitutes amoralimperativein any genuine effort at cultural competency.
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The dignity of human ageing is not solely based on amoralimperative.
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Many of the involved institutions are beginning to appreciate themoralimperativeand operational complexity of responding effectively to this post-atrocity landscape.
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Therefore, there is amoralimperative, and not a technological one.
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In other words, one must follow themoralimperative(1-7).
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Their individualmoralimperativeis an organizational one.
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But health care for old people who are in the later stages of illness is essentially amoralimperative.
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Ourmoralimperativeis to relieve suffering, not to preempt the end of life.
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This in turn underpinned a strong, but vague,moralimperativetowards liberty of conscience.
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It is premised on intense affective and personal engagement and a normative agenda driven bymoralimperative.
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On the contrary, technology expands our responsibility, imposing amoralimperativeto assess it properly.
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Paradoxically, the normative force of the thesis is too strong, themoralimperativeof being guided by the accepted praxis is too restrictive.
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Through aesthetic engagement with the world, selectively and dynamically mirroring their environments, architects can fulfil themoralimperativeto ground their creation in reality.
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Thismoralimperativemay limit religious acceptance of technologies whose social justification is nonmedical in nature and whose use may perpetuate existing disparities in healthcare access.
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Post (1993 : 67) asserts that there is amoralimperativeto evaluate the subjective experience of dementia, given the concurrent debate about euthanasia.
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