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Moral absolute
A moral requirement understood to apply without exceptions, regardless of the circumstances.
Moral absolutism
The view that some moral rules apply without exceptions, regardless of circumstances.
Moral accountability
The responsibility to answer for one’s freely chosen actions.
Moral ambiguity
The presence of competing moral qualities or interpretations, making a person or action difficult to judge as entirely good or entirely bad.
Moral authority
A source recognised as having the right to guide judgements about what is good or wrong.
Moral awareness
The ability to recognise fairness, cruelty or wrongdoing, even without being able to explain it fully.
Moral code
An individual’s principles about right and wrong, which may differ from the law or from other people’s principles.
Moral courage
The courage to do what is right despite fear of personal loss, disgrace or other difficult consequences.
Moral cowardice
A failure to face the personal cost of doing what is right, even when a person recognises their responsibility.
Moral crime
An offence involving behaviour that authorities regarded as sinful or contrary to accepted standards of conduct.
Moral development
A change in a character’s understanding or conduct arising from recognising and correcting earlier faults.
Moral dilemma
A difficult question about what is right or wrong, especially when different responsibilities or interests conflict.
Morale
The confidence and willingness of people or armed forces to keep going, especially during hardship or fighting.
Moral evil
Evil caused by human actions, such as violence or cruelty.
Moral example
An example of behaviour presented for readers to imitate or avoid.
Moral fable
A story that teaches a moral lesson through its characters and events.
Moral force
The use of peaceful persuasion, organisation and petitions to press for political change.
Moralising
An interpretation which explains behaviour through judgements about virtues, faults and self-control.
Morality
Principles used to judge whether behaviour is right or wrong.
Morality
Ethical conduct involving self-discipline and restraint from actions that harm others; also called sila.
Morality
An individual's beliefs about what is right and wrong.
Morality play
A play that teaches moral lessons, often through characters who represent virtues or vices.
Morality tale
A story intended to teach a lesson about right and wrong. An Inspector Calls uses an investigation to test whether its characters will recognise their wrongdoing and change.
Moral mitzvah
A commandment governing how people treat one another, such as the prohibition against stealing.
Moral panic
A disproportionate reaction, fuelled by media coverage, that presents a group or behaviour as a threat to society.
Moral principle
A guiding belief about what is right or wrong and how people should behave.
Moral reform
Attempts to change behaviour according to religious standards, including action against drunkenness, swearing and certain popular entertainments.
Moral regeneration
Renewal of a person’s values and conduct so that they become more compassionate, responsible and honest.
Moral responsibility
An obligation to consider how your actions affect other people and to acknowledge harm you have caused, whether or not you have broken the law.
Moral responsibility
The extent to which a person can fairly be held accountable for their choices and actions.
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