moral value
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandvalue
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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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value
noun
uk/ˈvæl.juː/us/ˈvæl.juː/
the amount of money that can be received ...
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(Definition ofmoralandvaluefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmoral value
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The ethical imperative derived from these principles is that one ought to do what maximizesmoralvalueso construed.
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But such restrictions must be applied neutrally-for instance, against such instigations regardless of themoralvalueof the motivating cause.
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But these considerations would not have any significant effect on the argument from symbolic value tomoralvalue.
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Aggregation is the process in which a distribution of individualmoralvalueis assigned a total value that is based on the individual moral values.
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The motivation behind the anonymity assumption is to avoid "noxious" caring, that is to assign some individuals moremoralvaluethan others.
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For instance, some nonconsequentialists (who focus on factors other than well-being) assign well-being a lowmoralvaluethat is in some sense undeserved.
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If acts themselves have intrinsicmoralvalueor worth, independent of their consequences, then they are included in the good.
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This means that the pursuit ofmoralvalueis in one respect satiable and in another respect insatiable.
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Section 1 discusses a difference between the disciplines over the form that an account of amoralvalueshould take.
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In contrast, egalitarianism is, of course, not concerned with themoralvalueof an individual's well-being.
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We would wish to note the importantmoralvalueof this endeavor.
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Whatever natural goodness or other quality that might help to give an act itsmoralvalue, a divine command can always override it.
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The lower the person's rating on this scale, the greater themoralvalueof securing benefit for her.
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Whatever is taken to symbolize the life of persons acquiresmoralvalue.
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But some nonsentient beings such as early human embryos can havemoralvaluethat derives from their symbolic significance.
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But this necessity results from the fact that an act'smoralvaluedepends upon the agent's knowledge of the relevant objects and circumstances.
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Such a contingently virtuous action has itsmoralvalueonly from a necessarily virtuous action, which is an act of the will.
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I do not know how common that attitude is, but it is hard to imagine why it should be thought to have anymoralvalue.
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The relationship between well-being andmoralvalueis non-trivial from a consequentialist's point of view.
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This position is a claim about themoralvalueof a distribution.
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