ethical imperative

collocation in English

meaningsofethicalandimperative

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ethical
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/
relating to beliefs about what is morally right ...
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imperative
noun
uk
/ɪmˈper.ə.tɪv/us
/ɪmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv/
languagespecialized
the form of a verb that is usually used for ...
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(Definition ofethicalandimperativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethical imperative

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Theethicalimperativederived from these principles is that one ought to do what maximizes moral value so construed.
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Therefore, it could be argued that maintaining professional competence through evidence-based practice is anethicalimperativeas well as a professional one.
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Previously, the clinician owed a duty of confidentiality, anethicalimperative, and had to justify any breach.
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Indeed, doing justice-asethicalimperativeand literary critical mandate both-is a crucial term in his practice.
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The transparency of political institutions is a prerequisite for legitimacy, and it is anethicalimperative.
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It is anethicalimperative.
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Educators have anethicalimperativeto do something with students, and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement.
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He maintains that commitment to the present day, seeing it as anethicalimperative.
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It rejects censorship and affirms theethicalimperativeto provide unrestricted access to information and to guard against impediments to open inquiry.
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He goes on to discuss the suffering caused in the underdeveloped world by food shortages, saying that to feed the hungry is anethicalimperative.
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Public health advocates of circumcision consider it to be a net benefit overall, and therefore feel increasing the circumcision rate to be anethicalimperative.
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He makes the distinction between legal proscription andethicalimperative.
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It describes a philosophy that holds it to be anethicalimperativeto implement ideals of virtue or good.
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He believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strongethicalimperativefor humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life.
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Becoming aware of our true self is our true task and endeavor in lifeit is anethicalimperative, as well as preparatory to a true religious understanding.
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Nevertheless, respect for ethical imperatives is vital in the use of tissues and cells of human origin.
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History creates its own ethical imperatives, and action requires only faith rather than certainty.
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His popular lectures emphasize a combination of penetrating conceptual analyses and deep ethical imperatives.
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