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morality

/muh-ral-i-tee, maw-/US // məˈræl ɪ ti, mɔ- //UK // (məˈrælɪtɪ) //

道德,道义,道德规范,道德观

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mo·ral·i·ties for 4-6.

    • : conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
    • : moral quality or character.
    • : virtue in sexual matters; chastity.
    • : a doctrine or system of morals.
    • : moral instruction; a moral lesson, precept, discourse, or utterance.
    • : morality play.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounethics, honesty

Examples

  • The ground of morality is brought closer to us, but we still don’t have an account of how I come to know about its goal-directed nature through moral intuition.

  • There will be some counterfactual scenario in which the putative ground of morality is absent or points us toward evil rather than the good.

  • She spent the last two years researching computational morality at Mila, the Quebec AI Institute.

  • According to Kant, morality is ultimately about respect and love.

  • Many scientists and humanists misunderstand the connection between evolution and morality, grimly determined that evolutionary facts are dangerous because they justify human misbehavior.

  • In Ferguson, these values are seen as white values, the morality a white morality.

  • For us, the police embrace nothing if not working- and middle-class values and morality.

  • In a country with a constitution that values secularism, religion is still the prime indicator of morality and goodness.

  • That the fate of marriage as an institution has little to do with morality—and a lot more to do with money.

  • All of this comes just as the Iranian parliament has passed a law that gives further powers to morality patrols.

  • The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.

  • A writer of the day said, “Mr. Hudson is neither better nor worse than the morality of his time.”

  • Social betterment must depend at every stage on the force of public spirit and public morality that inspires it.

  • It may be admitted at once that the direct influence on morality was very small indeed.

  • If we knew more of it, we should see more clearly where religion and morality joined hands, but we know enough to give us a clue.