moral principle

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Noun	1.	moral principle - the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values" ethic, value orientation, value-system principle - a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles" Chartism - the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
	2.	moral principle - the principle that conduct should be moral precept, principle - rule of personal conduct categorical imperative - the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty

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Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

Without recourse to any moral principle, having for your foundation only individual selfishness, and the satisfaction of material desires?

The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

Yashvin, a gambler and a rake, a man not merely without moral principles, but of immoral principles, Yashvin was Vronsky's greatest friend in the regiment.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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