moral responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandresponsibility
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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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responsibility
noun
uk/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofmoralandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Its main target is determinism, both hard and soft, as well as treatments of various species of luck as a destroyer ofmoralresponsibility.
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However, such examples have provoked numerous responses by those who wish to defend the incompatibility ofmoralresponsibilityand causal determinism.
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The literature on desert needs a robust theory ofmoralresponsibility, one that rests on a strong moral realism with good defences against determinism.
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Once a man's sense ofmoralresponsibilityis destroyed, it cannot be expected that he will become either a good soldier or a useful citizen.
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If they do but do not result from conscious decision, then the desert ground is disconnected frommoralresponsibility.
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Similarly, the development ofmoralresponsibilityas a virtue is built on the internalization of causal accountability.
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Impressions examines the profession of authorship, indicting profit-seeking at the expense ofmoralresponsibility.
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The patient has amoralresponsibility, to others in the pool, to steward resources.
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Mental health is no replacement formoralresponsibility, which must include duties and responsibilities to the victims themselves.
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However,moralresponsibilityas a virtue requires something more.
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Does this mean that bioethicists have amoralresponsibilityto take a public stand as a group?
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Some women were particularly critical of what they saw as the lack ofmoralresponsibilitythat existed within urban areas.
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To understandmoralresponsibilitywe need to understand the related notions of blame and guilt.
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There is reciprocity between technological possibility andmoralresponsibility.
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You 'could have chosen otherwise ', but not in a way consistent with the sort of freedom which could groundmoralresponsibility.
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Patients must also recognize amoralresponsibilitynot to request or demand inappropriate medical interventions.
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That you could not avoid hitting the child does not diminish yourmoralresponsibilityfor hitting it, given that you are responsible for your condition.
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