moral choice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandchoice
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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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choice
noun
uk/tʃɔɪs/us/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofmoralandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It could be a difference of belief andmoralchoice.
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Either or both of these perspectives can be active duringmoralchoice.
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We have themoralchoice.
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The decision to pursue knowledge regarding how we ought to act is itself amoralchoiceof great importance.
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It is difficult to say if that was a deliberatemoralchoiceor a more manageable option for learners.
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There is a realmoralchoicein the matter.
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People will have to make amoralchoice.
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That is amoralchoicefor people to make.
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That higher divorce rates, for example, might stem from legal changes, the improved economic independence of women, or even amoralchoice, is not open to consideration.
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Similarly, one might argue that not every psychological state is relevant to every newmoralchoiceand those that are relevant come in a finite variety.
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Political choices lead to moral choices, and right now we are faced with amoralchoice.
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I feel it is a question ofmoralchoicefor us all.
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The issue is that morality depends on freedom ofmoralchoice.
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Addressing those issues will involve amoralchoice, and not a simplistic one.
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For me, that is nomoralchoice; it is not even a practical choice.
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It is also true thatmoralchoicecolours virtually every type of lesson.
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There is no element ofmoralchoicein the matter, so one's race says nothing about one's character.
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We do not have themoralchoiceto turn our backs on these people: we have to act.
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Themoralchoiceplayer makes will influence the further gameplay.
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This is a side issue, a red herring, a way of avoiding a stark political andmoralchoicethat we have to take.
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It is because there is that sphere ofmoralchoicedefined by private property that we should be wary about the encroachment of the state.
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To him it was a stark, simple,moralchoice: it was a choice between tyranny and freedom, good and evil, life and death.
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In anti-social behaviors, negatively charged, critical emotions most strongly predictmoralchoice.
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He ceases also to be a creature capable ofmoralchoice.
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No writer has ever represented the ambiguities ofmoralchoiceso fully.
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