moral standpoint

collocation in English

meaningsofmoralandstandpoint

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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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standpoint
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstænd.pɔɪnt/us
/ˈstænd.pɔɪnt/
a set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions ...
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(Definition ofmoralandstandpointfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmoral standpoint

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Sufficientarians claim that, from themoralstandpoint, being badly off is an all-ornothing state of affairs.
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All these needs are obviously uninteresting from themoralstandpoint.
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Laghukatha s do not contain a moral, but they nevertheless express a point or a critical observation made from amoralstandpoint.
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From amoralstandpoint, it is unacceptable to give an opt-out on such an issue.
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Nor should it be approached from an emotional or amoralstandpoint.
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It is really amoralstandpoint, not an economic one.
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Combating supply may well be justified from a legal or evenmoralstandpoint, but it has little long-term effect.
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On the one hand, there are those who, like myself, approach this matter from a purelymoralstandpoint.
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Too often, violence is depicted without themoralstandpoint.
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Often, according to my standpoint, it has been necessary to dig very hard to find amoralstandpointto justify the decisions taken.
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I realise that that statement offends many people who argue from a religious ormoralstandpoint.
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He was not talking from an individualmoralstandpoint.
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In the absence of these things, there is a danger that development aid will be sufficient from themoralstandpoint, but ineffectual in practice.
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I feel that one truly knows one'smoralstandpointonly when it is questioned and forced to the fore.
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There, from the material standpoint, is an arsenal of resources unequalled in the world; and there, from themoralstandpoint, is the world's surest bastion for liberal and progressive ideals.
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I had another case some time ago, in which there had been a failure from themoralstandpoint, and in which we have not succeeded in getting the pension restored.
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He did not speak against it from amoralstandpointbut largely because he said that, while it was only a small snowball, it would roll into a mountain.
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But, on reflection, is it enough simply to protest from a sort ofmoralstandpoint, or even to suspend a meagre allocation of development aid for that country?
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