moral certainty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandcertainty
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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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certainty
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/us/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/
something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofmoralandcertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This element ofmoralcertaintyis carried over into the new welfare.
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By virtue of this mechanism, the emergence of some signalling system is a 'moralcertainty'.
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However, thismoralcertaintydoes not relieve the judge of a sense of guilt and regret.
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The dogmatism andmoralcertaintyof her novels proved especially appealing to adolescents, many of whom were marked lifelong by this early encounter.
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So, how does the ordinary person, right now, determine whether she has a conviction, amoralcertainty, that is abiding?
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The casuist would pursue questions aimed at eliciting the features of this case that ally this case with others for which there is greatermoralcertainty.
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A single piece of evidence (for instance, one eyewitness alleging that an event occurred or one incriminating piece of physical evidence of guilt) was never sufficient formoralcertainty.
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Similarly, where circumstantial evidence is concerned, theorists ofmoralcertaintystressed that such certainty could emerge only when a series of independent lines of evidence converged on the same conclusion.
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It is amoralcertaintythat the mine owner passes everything on to the occupier of the mine.
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But, most importantly of all, what you bring is themoralcertaintyof where you have come from.
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On that understanding there is amoralcertaintythat the individual workman will always be at a serious disadvantage.
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Does not the church also teach us to forgive, as well asmoralcertainty?
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Three points are amoralcertainty.
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The second principle is a much more difficult one to enunciate with any degree ofmoralcertainty, and that is the point at which life begins.
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The tone ofmoralcertaintymade his volumes popular, in combination with their grand artistic sweep, intensity, and coherence.
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The term connotes that evidence establishes a particular point to amoralcertaintywhich precludes the existence of any reasonable alternatives.
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Such a strong belief rests onmoralcertainty, not logical certainty.
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This is a fable about tolerance, and its conflict withmoralcertainty.
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Here the politician known as frontier debater and chronic jokester introduced a new oratorical style: informed by history, suffused withmoralcertainty, and marked by lawyerly precision.
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The intellectual was a preacher, and the world of ideas of a domain of moral certainties and ethical aspirations.
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