moral perfection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandperfection
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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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perfection
noun[U]
uk/pəˈfek.ʃən/us/pɚˈfek.ʃən/
the state of being complete and correct in ...
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(Definition ofmoralandperfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Jihad also refers to one's striving to attain religious andmoralperfection.
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He believed that, in order to achievemoralperfection, humans must be given free choice, with the actual possibility of choosing to do evil.
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The 18th century brought a sea change to the idea ofmoralperfection.
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This was interlinked with the idea of courtly love, in which the goal of a romance is not simply passion, but a more significantmoralperfection.
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In preparation for that event they saw it as incumbent on individuals to strive formoralperfection.
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What follows is only that the best possible combination of attributes does not include both omnipotence and necessarymoralperfection.
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Furthermore,moralperfectionis a component of the divine nature or essence.
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We reach a similar result when we consider omniscience in place ofmoralperfection.
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The idea thatmoralperfectionobligates worship is less objectionable, but not unproblematic.
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He saysmoralperfectionis the perfection of minds.
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He explicitly refrained, however, from claiming that the design argument could establish the goodness ormoralperfectionof a designer.
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Traditionally, these qualities have been taken to include omnipotence, omniscience, andmoralperfection.
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The above argument is one of various ways in which natural theologians have sought to establishmoralperfectionor benevolence.
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I would respond that the problem remains even with this change, becausemoralperfectionmust persist in an omnipotent and omniscient being.
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Many theist friends of essentialmoralperfectionaccept (11).
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Thus, his argument does not consider what concerns us here, viz. a form of supernaturalism which differs from theism only in replacingmoralperfectionby indifference.
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By great efforts, it is possible for those in the flesh to achievemoralperfection.
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However, though perfection is essentially love, not any degree of love is sufficient to constitutemoralperfection.
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By the practice of virtue and bymoralperfection, man may increase the outpouring of heavenly grace.
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