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Moral as in Moral Majority has been a shibboleth ever since the religious right emerged onto the American scene a quarter century ago.
Philocrites: 'Moral values' decisive in Bush's victory after all. 2005
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The primary argument in his book The Language of God is what he calls the Moral Law his capitalization.
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For Emerson, the individual fact and moment were indeed suffused with absolute radiance, but it was upon a condition that saved the situation -- they must be worthy specimens, -- sincere, authentic, archetypal; they must have made connection with what he calls the Moral
Memories and Studies William James 1876
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And then how your Blockhead (_Dummkopf_) studies not their Meaning; but simply whether they are well or ill cut, what he calls Moral or Immoral!
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Froissart appears to have formed this strange name from the title Moral beg or Moratbegyj givtn to this prince by the Turks, according to the Frere Anthoine Geufroy.
Sir John Froissart's chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, Flanders, and the adjoining countries; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord, 1466 or 7-1533, tr 1812
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A couple of days later, The Wast shared what he learnt in Moral Education.
The lack of diversity in south-east Asia — Fusion Despatches 2010
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Suppose, she famously demanded in Moral Beliefs, that morality really were (a la Ayer and Hare) just a matter of each person commending and prescribing ways of acting that they happened to approve of – then why not commend a man who clasps his hands three times a day, or prescribes that this be done?
Philippa Foot obituary Jane O'Grady 2010
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A couple of days later, The Wast shared what he learnt in Moral Education.
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I totally believe in "Moral-Values", without them this world is out of control.
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I remember reading in Moral Minds, human charity habits was one of the foundational arguments used by the book.
A question of faith 2008
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