ethical significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethicalandsignificance
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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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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofethicalandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Finally, a question might be raised about theethicalsignificanceof our results on the distribution of wealth.
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First, philosophers have devoted attention to theethicalsignificanceof nationality and patriotism, asking whether an impartial morality permits disparate treatment of an individual's co-nationals.
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So because of the strong pressure to vindicate the platitude aboutethicalsignificance, there is also strong pressure to vindicate the utilitarian and prioritarian presupposition.
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That is because of the platitude aboutethicalsignificance.
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This result will be important when we return to the platitude aboutethicalsignificance.
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Byethicalsignificance, we believe that there are at least two prerequisites to demonstrate ethical relevance.
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However, it is not at all easy to judge theethicalsignificanceof this difference.
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In this, as in so many policy positions withethicalsignificance, both the clarity of intention and the responsiveness of the agent are important.
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The labour movement had long recognized that work was not merely a site of economic activity but also one of political andethicalsignificance.
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The first platitude we saw was the platitude aboutethicalsignificance.
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Historically, the courts of common law have taken the view that such promises are of spiritual orethicalsignificanceand so cannot be adjudicated at common law.
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God answers our prayers because of theethicalsignificanceof so doing.
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I submit that the current state of the criminal law and medical practice hold properly balanced a subject of deep medical andethicalsignificance.
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Withal, the nearer a causal consequence of our action is, the higher itsethicalsignificance.
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The author states that in its derivation, it may have anethicalsignificance.
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