moral objection

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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objection
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/us
/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of expressing or feeling opposition to or dislike of something ...
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(Definition ofmoralandobjectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmoral objection

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A resident's subjectivemoralobjectionmay not be borne out in the review process, but the resident is still entitled to hold that moral position.
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Themoralobjectionpeculiar to sentimentality arises from the special character of the fiction that sentimentality employs, in this case a fiction of caring.
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I can conceive of circumstances in which citizens might take very strongmoralobjectionto local authorities raising money in this way.
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I cannot square that with what he then said about there being amoralobjection.
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I therefore find it difficult to accept themoralobjection.
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That is ourmoralobjectionto the poll tax:no matter the level, the tax is grossly unfair.
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There can be nomoralobjectionto anything that they have done.
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If there was a real,moralobjectionto imbibing whisky, it ought to be prohibited altogether.
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In the first half it was said that there was absolutely nomoralobjectionto devaluation, external or internal.
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We see nomoralobjectionto its practice.
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There is nothing wrong with declaring amoralobjectionin these days.
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There is also, in my view, amoralobjectionto them.
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On the other hand, there is amoralobjectionto the use of any punishment which is not reformative but is in fact recriminatory.
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To them, fluoridation of the communal water supplies is an invasion of liberty; amoralobjectionand an infringement of personal rights.
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What they have is an intuitivemoralobjectionto force, and for the individual that is an absolute.
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Not every activity to whichmoralobjectionis taken by some is properly made the subject of a legal prohibition.
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I have nomoralobjectionto that point.
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