notion of morality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnotionandmorality
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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morality
noun
uk/məˈræl.ə.ti/us/məˈræl.ə.t̬i/
a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour ...
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(Definition ofnotionandmoralityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This illustrates that a more integratednotionofmoralitybecomes much more cogent when the consequences of action are also considered.
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New-style education appeared as a seemingly universal beacon of hope, particularly when it was meant to convey a reworked but "traditionally" inspirednotionofmorality.
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Instead of disclosing a single canonical secularnotionofmorality, moral reflection and bioethics have been beset by numerous competing moral rationalities.
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It is to condition, to limit, to control, so as to slake some kind of thirst for a distortednotionofmorality.
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Bakhtin deals with the concept of morality whereby he attributes the predominating legalisticnotionofmoralityto human moral action.
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Arthur's uniquenotionofmoralityplagues him for the whole of his reign.
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And not all of these notions of morality or use rights contribute equally to the maintenance of the environment.
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For a more integral perspective on this practice, it is especially important to consider prevailing notions of morality in general, and of personhood and kinship in particular.
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Among historians, the orthodox view may be that reading modern notions of morality into the past is to commit the error of presentism.
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The relative consistency of fundamental notions of morality across cultures seems to produce convincing evidence for these theories.
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By appealing to notions of morality and honor, therefore, the shogunate was able to see its strictures followed despite its inability to enforce them directly.
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