moral universe
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralanduniverse
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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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universe
noun
uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.vɜːs/us/ˈjuː.nə.vɝːs/
everything that exists, especially all physical matter, including all the stars, planets, galaxies, etc. ...
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(Definition ofmoralanduniversefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmoral universe
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There is considerable harmony in themoraluniverse.
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In other words, popular consensus, or a sharedmoraluniverse, may be something of a red herring.
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It seems that the current diversity of claims and argument regarding the ' proper ' contract between age groups belies any argument that we are participants in a sharedmoraluniverse.
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The first cluster, comprising what can be called "constituting principles" (principles 1-3), sets down the fundamental organizational features of the cosmopolitanmoraluniverse.
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First, one sees that the debate takes place in amoraluniversewhere work appears as a central value and begging is strongly condemned.
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Themoraluniversein which such evil is unhindered and unpunished, in which wickedness not only prospers but is indulged with impunity, may seem radically out of joint.
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At the same time, the dust itself is an icon of the indexical effects it has; that is, themoraluniversecomes to resemble the material universe.
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We are equals, and respecting this requires that we participate as equals in the decision-making process that orders much of ourmoraluniverse.
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Skill (nominal or real) in the material world of production leads pari passu to authority and respectability in themoraluniverse.
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Our obligations to service personnel and their dependants do not exist in some separatemoraluniverse: they are part of the same equation.
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Ministers frequently bemoan the falling standards of general morality, as if we all lived in amoraluniverseof free choice.
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Not long, because the arc of themoraluniverseis long, but it bends toward justice.
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He said that the arc ofmoraluniverseis long, but it bends towards justice...
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Geralt lives in an ambiguousmoraluniverse, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics.
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It implies that people dwell in amoraluniverse, a universe that is kept ordained by mores, good actions, thus moral retribution is in fact a cosmic retribution.
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Arguably, immanent justice is a form of moral reasoning, and an aspect of the notion of amoraluniverse in which our actions are deemed to have consequences.
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