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单词 morality
释义
morality
noun
uk
/məˈræl.ə.ti/us
/məˈræl.ə.t̬i/
[CorU]
a set ofpersonalorsocialstandardsfor good orbadbehaviourandcharacter:
道德体系，道德观
Theyarguedfor a new moralitybasedonself-sacrificeandhonesty.他们大力宣扬一种以自我牺牲和诚实为基础的新道德观。
[U]
thequalityof beingright,honest, oracceptable:
道德，道义
I have toquestionthe moralityofforcingpoorpeopletopayfortheirmedicaltreatment.对逼迫穷人自付医疗费是否符合道义原则，我不得不提出质疑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morality and rules of behaviour
  • antisocial
  • antisocially
  • baseness
  • bioethics
  • by the bookidiom
  • claim
  • ethically
  • ethos
  • honour
  • liberty
  • moral
  • moral compass
  • moralist
  • motto
  • propriety
  • savoury
  • scruple
  • social conscience
  • the rights and wrongsidiom
  • voice
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(Definition ofmoralityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

morality| American Dictionary

morality
noun[C/U]
us
/məˈræl·ɪ·t̬i/
apersonalorsocialset ofstandardsfor good orbadbehaviorandcharacter, or thequalityof beingrightandhonest:
[U]Technology isneutral–itsmorality isdeterminedbyitspoliticalorsocialuse.
(Definition ofmoralityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmorality

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But that, if possible, is possible only because self-interest is thought to be a ground of reasons independently ofmorality.
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Less obvious were the difficulties in returning to peacetime attitudes andmoralityafter six years of war.
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The interface between science andmoralitywas thus strewn not only with epistemological obstacles but also with ideological traps.
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As the independence of medical ethics was deconstructed, there arose the need for a canonical medicalmoralityand a new cadre of medical moral experts.
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And moral insights tell us that we do not have any good reasons for behaving otherwise: for this, no self-surpassing ofmoralityis necessary.
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However,moralityas it bears on meaning is not exhausted by observing deontological restrictions.
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Themoralityof reform was expressed in terms of the ' public ' interest.
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Is it not the case that whenever the law makes a difference to the outcome, it excludesmorality?
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Once human knowledge,moralityand aesthetics have emerged, they cannot usefully be analysed by evolutionary theory.
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The ninth section has no less than 9 essays on theism andmorality.
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Enlightenmentmoralityis only one form ofmorality, of course, and perhaps thatmoralityis almost alone in rejecting communities of subsumption quite so roundly.
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It is characteristic of ordinarymoralityin this kind of situation to say that the better option is not obligatory, but supererogatory.
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His claim of rationality,morality, and veracity guarantees his authority to make assertions about immigration and the behavior of immigrants.
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Moralitypicks up what the epistemology leaves off.
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This should not be confused with the claim that law seems closer to virtue than tomorality.
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Collocationswithmorality

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These are words often used in combination withmorality.

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concept of morality
Must we teach them religion in order to achieve some concept of morality, human relationship, affection and understanding?
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conventional morality
His ultimate mistake was to underestimate fatally ' the forces ofconventionalmorality' (p. x).
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notion of morality
This illustrates that a more integratednotionofmoralitybecomes much more cogent when the consequences of action are also considered.
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