Moral definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MOR'AL, a. [L. moralis ... other, and with reference to right and wrong. The word moral is applicable to actions that are good or evil, virtuous ... own happiness. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. 2. Subject to the moral law and capable of moral actions; bound to perform social duties; as a moral ...
... The doctrines of morality or social manners; the science of moral philosophy, which teaches men their duty and the reasons of it. 1. A system of moral principles; a system of rules for regulating the actions and ... ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality] 2: the philosophical study of moral values and rules [syn: ethics, moral philosophy] Oxford Reference Dictionary n.pl. (also treated as sing ... 1 the science of morals in human conduct. 2 a moral principles; rules of conduct. b a set of these (medical ... and Psychology The "Ought" 5. Relation of Christian Ethics to Moral Philosophy (1) Not an Opposition (2) Philosophical Postulates (3) ...
moral sense definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions [syn: conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance ...
moral certainty definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: certainty ... on an inner conviction; "she believed in the importance of moral absolutes and moral certainty"; "the prosecutor had a moral certainty that the prisoner was guilty" Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. ...
Moral theology definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. --Hawthorne. 2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a ...
moral philosophy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the philosophical study of moral values and rules [syn: ethics, moral philosophy] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1606 ethics; also the ... study of human conduct and values Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance ...
Moral agent definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. --Hawthorne. 2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a ...
Moral insanity definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. --Hawthorne. 2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a ...
Moral play definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moral Mor"al, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris ... to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. --Hawthorne. 2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a ...
... the Holy Spirit in Providence (3) The New Emphasis upon Moral and Spiritual Blessings IV. DISCUSSION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE ... Free Will 5. Divine Providence as Related to Natural and Moral Evil 6. Evil Providentially Overruled for Good 7. Interpreting Providence ... in addition to animate life, are possessed of reason and moral free agency, and are governed by God, not necessitatively, but ... Old Testament dispensation may not improperly be regarded as the moral training and providential preparation of the world, and especially of ... not a silent spectator of human affairs, but the supreme moral Governor of the universe, to whom individuals and nations alike ... every event in the life of the nation has a moral significance, both because of its relation to God and ...
... the operations of an intelligent Cause in nature. (c) The moral argument, called also the anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of mankind, which exhibits a moral order and purpose which can only be explained on the ... some also divided into natural attributes, eternity, immensity, etc.; and moral, holiness, goodness, etc. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia god ('Elohim, 'El ... God (b) Christ (c) Their Relation (3) Apostolic Teaching 6. Moral Attributes (1) Personality (2) Love (3) Righteousness and Holiness 7 ... of reason, or by personal attachment to one political or moral rule. (6) Pantheism: Where the former principle predominates, Polytheism ...
... 23. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: adhering to moral principles [ant: unrighteousness] Merriam Webster's noun see righteous Webster ... would have us believe that what we experience as inner moral sanction is nothing but the fear of consequences which come ... have us believe that this is all there was in moral feeling in the beginning. If a social group was to ... that from the beginning the social group utilized the native moral feeling of the individual for the defense of the group. The moral feeling, by which we mean a sense of the difference ... mind. It is very likely that in the beginning this moral feeling was directed toward the performance of the rites ...
... THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. General 2. Individualism 3. Faith 4. Moral Law 5. Sacrifices 6. Ritual Law II. INTERMEDIATE LITERATURE 1 ... Kingdom of God 3. Present and Future 4. Individualism 5. Moral Progress 6. Forgiveness 7. Person of Christ 8. Notes IV. PAUL 1. General 2. Moral Progress 3. The Spirit 4. Mystical Union 5. Forgiveness 6 ... lukewarmness in executing an apparently meaningless command is rebuked. 4. Moral Law: (1) Next in importance is the attainment of a moral standard, expressed normally in the various codes of the Law ... salvation the ritual law (not always sharply distinguishable from the moral law) bulks rather large in the legislation, but is ...
... Dictionary MOR'ALIZE, v.t. 1. To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense. This fable is moralized in a common proverb. Did ... 2. To furnish with manners or examples. 3. To render moral or virtuous; to correct the morals of. It had a ... though the most strictly etymological, is rare, or to make moral reflections. MOR'ALIZE, v.i. To speak or write on moral subjects, or to make moral reflections. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: interpret ...
moral psychology definitions Britannica Concise Study of the psychological development of the moral sense, that is, beliefs about the appropriateness or goodness of ... S. psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg hypothesized that people's development of moral standards passes through several levels. At the early level, that of preconventional moral reasoning, the child uses external and physical events (such as pleasure or pain) as the source for moral decisions; his standards are based strictly on what will avoid ... or bring pleasure. At the intermediate level, that of conventional moral reasoning, the child or adolescent views moral standards as ...