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moral principles — ethics, beliefs on moral issues … English contemporary dictionary
Moral Theology — • Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moral Theology … Catholic encyclopedia
Moral Development — focuses on the emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy to adulthood. In the field of moral development, morality is defined as principles for how individuals ought to treat one another, with respect to justice, others’… … Wikipedia
moral — adj Moral, ethical, virtuous, righteous, noble are comparable when they mean conforming to a standard of what is right and good. Moral is the most comprehensive term of the group; in all of its pertinent senses it implies a relationship to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Moral particularism — is the view that there are no moral principles and that moral judgement can be found only as one decides particular cases, either real or imagined. This stands in stark contrast to other prominent moral theories, such as deontology or… … Wikipedia
Moral rationalism — Moral rationalism, also called ethical rationalism, is a view in meta ethics (specifically the epistemology of ethics) according to which moral truths (or at least general moral principles) are knowable a priori, by reason alone. Some prominent… … Wikipedia
moral — [môr′əl, mär′əl; ] for n.4 [, mə ral′] adj. [ME < L moralis, of manners or customs < mos (gen. moris), pl. mores, manners, morals (see MOOD1): used by CICERO2 as transl. of Gr ēthikos] 1. relating to, dealing with, or capable of making the… … English World dictionary
Moral reasoning — is a study in psychology that overlaps with moral philosophy. It is also called moral development. Prominent contributors to theory include Lawrence Kohlberg and Elliot Turiel. The term is sometimes used in a different sense: reasoning under… … Wikipedia
Moral universalism — (also called moral objectivism or universal morality) is the meta ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universally, that is, for all similarly situated individuals ,[1] regardless of culture, race, sex,… … Wikipedia
moral theology — the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct. [1900 05] * * * also called Christian ethics Christian theological discipline concerned with identifying and elucidating the principles that determine the quality of human… … Universalium