moral boundary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandboundary
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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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boundary
noun[C]
uk/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofmoralandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In many contemporary discussions, the negative/positive distinction is used to draw a fundamentalmoralboundary.
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It has considered and rejected a variety of different ways of arguing that the therapy-enhancement distinction in human genetics marks a solid,moralboundary.
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We must now see if the treatment-enhancement distinction has any bearing at all on themoralboundary between permissible and impermissible germline or somatic cell genetic therapies.
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What newmoralboundaryis being crossed here?
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Many people will feel that this has crossed themoralboundary, that it is unacceptable and that they are not able to agree with it.
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Do scientists continue within their legal rights or do they stop on thatmoralboundary?
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Norms may provide rules in certain situations where there is a desire for social structure and for moral boundaries.
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Such an approach to solidarity emphasises the ways in which cultural or moral boundaries between groups construct social categories for ordering the world.
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British consular court records, in particular, offer a unique perspective on the range of moral boundaries that demarcated colonial life.
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Once again, the therapy-enhancement appears not to set any firm moral boundaries in genetic medicine.
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At the limits are moral boundaries that, on the one hand, command one to preserve life, and on the other, to do no harm.
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Liberals, however, were prepared to co-operate with the state, but only within certain moral boundaries.
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Just as globalisation has been crossing national boundaries, we know it has been crossing moral boundaries too.
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The debate about the moral boundaries of biotechnology and how to control them has begun.
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There are ethical and moral boundaries.
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Many modern essentialists claim that right and wrong are moral boundaries which are individually constructed.
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Many people feel that just because it was a closed meeting does not mean that normal moral boundaries can be overstepped without fear of retribution.
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He sees it as a sort of decadence, a world-weariness, and the wilful rejection of the moral boundaries governing the world.
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As is often the case, those transgressing moral boundaries stood to profit from that exercise.
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The love songs open up into indeterminate statements about the emotional orbits lovers take, and the topical themes pass over artificial moral boundaries and leap into wide-ranging social observation.
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