moral+principle
41principle — n. 1 a fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or action (arguing from first principles; moral principles). 2 a a personal code of conduct (a person of high principle). b (in pl.) such rules of conduct (has no principles). 3 a general… …
42moral — Synonyms and related words: Christian, adage, admonishment, admonition, alarm, ana, analects, angelic, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, assignment, axiological, axiom, behavior, belief, blameless, brocard, byword, canon, catchword, caution, caveat …
43Moral Majority — Jerry Falwell, whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the New Christian Right The Moral Majority was a political organization of the United States which had an agenda of evangelical Christian oriented political… …
44Moral nihilism — This article is about the meta ethical position. For other uses, see Nihilism (disambiguation). Moral nihilism (also known as ethical nihilism or amoralism) is the meta ethical view that nothing is moral or immoral. For example, a moral nihilist… …
45moral — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ethical; righteous, just, virtuous; logical, probable. See virtue, duty. Ant., immoral. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Good or right in conduct or character] Syn. ethical, principled, virtuous,… …
46principle — n. fundamental truth or law; law of nature, physics, etc.; fundamental source; code of personal conduct; morality; (pl.) moral standards or rules. (as distinct from ♦ principal) ♦ in principle, in theory; essentially. ♦ on principle …
47principle — prin|ci|ple [ prınsəpl ] noun *** 1. ) count a basic belief, theory, or rule that has a major influence on the way in which something is done: Excellent customer service should be our guiding principle. principle of: It is a basic principle of… …
48Moral absolutism — This article is about moral absolutism as a theory of normative ethics. For moral absolutism as a theory of meta ethics, see Moral universalism. Moral absolutism is an ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of …
49moral — adj. & n. adj. 1 a concerned with goodness or badness of human character or behaviour, or with the distinction between right and wrong. b concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behaviour. 2 a conforming to accepted standards of… …
50principle — [[t]prɪ̱nsɪp(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ principles 1) N VAR: usu poss N, adj N, prep N A principle is a general belief that you have about the way you should behave, which influences your behaviour. Buck never allowed himself to be bullied into doing anything… …
