moral status
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandstatus
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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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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofmoralandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmoral status
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In part, this is because of the disputedmoralstatusof the fetus.
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The philosophical concept of dependentmoralstatusthus makes a crucial appeal to the ethical principle of beneficence.
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The rest are things and have no intrinsicmoralstatus.
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Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests andmoralstatus.
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The appeal to potential does not, therefore, adequately capture or explain common-sense intuitions about the difference inmoralstatusbetween fetuses and animals.
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It ignored themoralstatusof the children involved.
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Embryos may have a specialmoralstatuswhen they are a part of a parental project.
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He makes no presuppositions about themoralstatusof the principles he sets out to uncover.
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Many people believe that this in itself gives the fetus a highermoralstatus, bringing it within the scope of the constraint against harmful using.
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Themoralstatusof defensive violations is less clear.
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There have been major differences among world religions about the scope of entities that have dependentmoralstatus.
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Thus, the previable fetus has no independentmoralstatusor rights.
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Persons havemoralstatusand should be treated with respect.
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The time has come for us to question these beliefs and, in so doing, to squarely address themoralstatusof novel part-human beings.
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Thus, we now turn our attention to examining themoralstatusof nonhuman primate chimeras.
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First, disagreement is likely on the issue of themoralstatusof animals in comparison with humans.
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An embryo just does not have a sufficiently highmoralstatusto warrant this level of protection.
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The apparent variablemoralstatusof aggressiveness is different.
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