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Definition of Moral sense
1. Noun. Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions.
Specialized synonyms: Superego, Small Voice, Voice Of Conscience, Wee Small Voice, Sense Of Duty, Sense Of Shame
Generic synonyms: Ethical Motive, Ethics, Morality, Morals
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moral Sense
Literary usage of Moral sense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"This contrivance does better than the other ; for a moral sense, ... Another man
comes, and says, that as to a moral sense indeed, he 3. under. ..."
2. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"... this sense of beauty is also capable of perceiving moral excellence, and so
becomes a '' moral sense " : this moral sense is the sole necessary test of ..."
3. Lectures on jurisprudence or the philosophy of positive law by John Austin (1885)
"IV briefly in- •A moral sense,' 'a common sense,' 'am? ... The hypothesis of a
moral sense, or the hypothesis which is variously signified by these various ..."
4. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"Secondly, The moral sense is generated chiefly by piety, benevolence, and rational
self-interest; all which are explicit guides of life in deliberate ..."
5. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy by William Paley (1827)
"They who maintain the existence of a moral sense, of innate maxims, of a natural
conscience, that the love of virtue and hatred of vice are instinctive, ..."
6. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"The moral sense thus takes into account the two elements formal and material ...
This gives the difference of character between justice and the moral sense, ..."
7. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"Secondly, The moral sense is generated chiefly by piety, benevolence, and rational
self-interest; all which are explicit guides of life in deliberate ..."
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