moral+principle

  • 11moral dilemmas — Situations in which each possible course of action breaches some otherwise binding moral principle. Serious dilemmas make the stuff of many tragedies. The conflict can be described in different ways. One suggestion is that whichever action the… …

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  • 12principle — /ˈprɪnsəpəl / (say prinsuhpuhl) noun 1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a man of good principles. 2. a fundamental, primary, or general truth, on which other truths depend: the principles of government. 3. a fundamental… …

  • 13Moral Code of the Builder of Communism — Communist Party of the Soviet Union History Organisation …

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  • 14Moral Diplomacy — This form of diplomacy proposed by Woodrow Wilson stated that America should not get involved with foreign affairs. This idea, however, was changed throughout the first World War and its main ideas were objected. Although key to developing this… …

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  • 15moral obligation — A duty arising from or connected with what was once a legal liability or from the receipt of benefit of a material or pecuniary nature. 17 Am J2d Contr §§ 132 et seq. An obligation arising from ethical motives, or a mere conscientious duty,… …

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  • 16Moral Theology — • Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moral Theology …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 17Moral reasoning — is a study in psychology that overlaps with moral philosophy. It is also called moral development. Prominent contributors to theory include Lawrence Kohlberg and Elliot Turiel. The term is sometimes used in a different sense: reasoning under… …

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  • 18Moral sense theory — (also known as sentimentalism) is a view in meta ethics according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions. Some take it to be primarily a view about the nature of moral facts or moral beliefs (a primarily… …

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  • 19principle — I (axiom) noun accepted belief, adage, admitted maxim, article of belief, article of faith, assertion, assurance, basic doctrine, basic law, basic rule, basic truth, belief, canon, conviction, credo, declaration of faith, decretum, doctrine,… …

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  • 20Moral psychology — is a field of study in both philosophy and psychology. Some use the term moral psychology relatively narrowly to refer to the study of moral development.[1] However, others tend to use the term more broadly to include any topics at the… …

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