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moral sense

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrongnoun

    motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

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  1. moral sense

    Moral sense is an individual's ability to distinguish between right and wrong behavior, actions or decisions, based on a set of ethical or moral standards or principles that they uphold. This includes virtues like honesty, compassion, loyalty, fairness, etc. It's also associated with feelings of guilt or pride generated by such moral judgments. This concept is not universally agreed upon and may vary based on cultural, societal or personal beliefs.

Editors Contribution

  1. moral sense

    The moral principles that a person feels in their being, brain, mind, conscious, consciousness, subconscious and soul

    It makes moral sense to cocreate world socialism to ensure we share all we have with each other so all have optimum health, human rights, right to life and equal and shared prosperity


    Submitted by MaryC on April 1, 2021  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of moral sense in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of moral sense in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of moral sense in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Jefferson:

    I believe that justice is instinct and innate, the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing and hearing.

  2. Gertrude Stein:

    You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud puddle.

  3. Andrew McGuire:

    He's chicken, he suffers from gun-itis. It's a disease where you're scared to death of the gun lobby. That's what's really going on. If you have to shut up about something that is so murderous, it doesn't make any moral sense to me.

  4. Eddie Lucio:

    Many times, I believe, women would choose not to have an abortion if men would demonstrate a moral sense of responsibility.


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