Definition of Moral principle

1. Noun. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group. "A person with old-fashioned values"

Exact synonyms: Ethic, Value Orientation, Value-system
Generic synonyms: Principle
Specialized synonyms: Chartism

2. Noun. The principle that conduct should be moral.
Generic synonyms: Precept, Principle
Specialized synonyms: Categorical Imperative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moral Principle

moral force
moral futurism
moral hazard
moral hazards
moral high ground
moral high grounds
moral minima
moral minimum
moral minimums
moral objectivism
moral obligation
moral order
moral orders
moral panic
moral philosophy
moral principle (current term)
moral sense
moral suasion
moral support
moral system
moral treatment
moral turpitude
morale
morale-boosting
morale booster
morale builder
morale building
morales
moralisation
moralise

Literary usage of Moral principle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1844)
"moral principle AND LAW, AS CONSERVATORS OF GOOD ORDER. ... To another individual, on the contrary, moral principle never presents itself; or, if so, ..."

2. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings by John Abercrombie, Jacob Abbott (1859)
"OF THE moral principle, OR CONSCIENCE. THERE has been much dispute respecting ... What dispute in respect to the moral principle docs the author allude to ? ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and moral principle. By Elizabeth Hamilton. Crown ou... 2 Vols. юз. Boards. ..."

4. The World's Legal Philosophies by Fritz Berolzheimer (1912)
"principle which is equivalent to the essential unity of the individuals; as the religious moral principle which is equivalent to the identity with the ..."

5. Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights by Jonathan Dymond (1896)
"Union of moral principle with the affections—Society—Morality of the Ancient Classics—The supply of motives to virtue— Conscience—Subjugation of the ..."

6. Elements of Psychology: Included in a Critical Examination of Locke's Essay by Victor Cousin (1834)
"There is within us a moral principle which is necessary and universal, ... The moral principle being universal, the sign, the external *ype by which a ..."

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