moral implications

collocation in English

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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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implication
noun
uk
/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying ...
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(Definition ofmoralandimplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, the context for assessing the moral implications of a technology varies according to clinical practices and moral traditions.
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The moral implications of the diathesis are clear nevertheless.
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Furthermore, the problematic moral implications of sceptical theism were recognized by reflective and sensitive religious people long ago.
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Technological innovations as such are neither good nor evil; it is the uses devised for them that create moral implications.
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Why think that the causal order has such far-reaching moral implications?
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There is, however, a third kind of situation in which moral implications are at issue and never mind is a useful resource.
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These changes had, and continue to have, far-reaching social, institutional and moral implications.
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For others the practice also had its moral implications and added yet another dimension to people's objections.
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Further, the attempt to localize antisocial or psychopathic behavior and explain this in terms of the pathological functioning of a specific part of the brain has significant moral implications.
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It also influences modes of thinking through the way in which it deals with the question of the beginning of pregnancy, a question that has clear moral implications.
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Each was trying to come to terms with the moral implications of those forces in a climate of unease about the decay of traditional social bonds.
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There is evidence of the importance of emotional bonds in mediating a variety of behaviors with moral implications: fostering cooperation and altruism and reducing aggression and conflict.
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This is, indeed, rather untidy, but it represents a genuine attempt by a thoughtful international political theorist to work through the moral implications of his position.
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I believe that this carries serious moral implications.
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Here, we are dealing with a matter which has moral implications, and for this reason my religious beliefs are involved.
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Whatever may be the moral implications of selling arms abroad, the exhibition was extremely impressive.
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In vitro fertilisation as a means of treating infertility has many grave moral implications and is also an extremely expensive treatment.
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We are all naturally concerned at the legal and moral implications of the appropriation of these assets.
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This is a deep human issue, with moral implications.
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