moral argument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandargument
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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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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofmoralandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Remaining true to its encyclopedic format, the volume focuses on factual information, notmoralargument.
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Nevertheless, to disagree with a political ormoralargumentis not the same thing as to claim that it makes no sense.
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The latter enter themoralargument, but they do not 'do the trick'.
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There is a powerfulmoralargumentfor tackling these absolute health disadvantages.
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Asmoralargument, the book is exceedingly far-reaching.
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It becomes part of an almostmoralargument; that every woman is entitled to the safest birth experience available.
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But we must be cautious about building amoralargumenton this basis.
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Convincing people of the merits of a given policy and justifying a given exclusion involvesmoralargumentand hence political debate.
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In his words,moralargumentis always argumentum ad hominem.
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The sources indicate that we should not underestimate themoralargumentand the 'goodness ideology' behind it.
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This is a practical issue and quite different from amoralargumentthat responsibility is greater when disaster confronts us at home rather than in distant lands.
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I think there is amoralargumenthere as well.
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Although there might be amoralargumentfor compensation, it is not necessarily being sought at the moment.
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Leaving out themoralargument, the reduction should not be given in the case of these commodities.
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Amoralargumentis the most powerful argument because it touches the conscience.
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There is amoralargumentin favour of that.
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This is an important ethical andmoralargument, not a scientific argument.
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I should now like to turn to the pros and cons of themoralargument.
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