11. Morals,ethics refer to rules and standards of conduct and practice. Morals refers to generally accepted customs of conduct and right living in a society, and to the individual's practice in relation to these: the morals of our civilization.Ethics now implies high standards of honest and honorable dealing, and of methods used, especially in the professions or in business: ethics of the medical profession.
The report stands out in that it doesn’t explicitly discuss moral and ethical issues related to CRISPR babies.
A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing|Shelly Fan|September 15, 2020|Singularity Hub
Those in the private sector have a moral responsibility to do the right thing not just by shareholders, but also by the stakeholders whose lives they impact—employees, consumers, and the communities in which they operate.
To fight systemic racism, the investment industry needs to look at its whiteness first|jakemeth|September 10, 2020|Fortune
Plato’s student Aristotle tried to bring Platonism down to earth, and grounded moral value in the essential nature of organisms.
The Universe Knows Right from Wrong - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Philip Goff|September 9, 2020|Nautilus
That’s why I’m here, to fulfill my moral obligation as a meat eater.
Instagram's Most Fascinating Subculture? Women Hunters.|Rachel Levin|September 8, 2020|Outside Online
Biohackers, true to its promise, manages to lightly touch upon a few related ethical and moral questions, like genetic modification of stem cells, access to advanced gene therapies, as well as privacy and consent surrounding genomic data.
Stream or Skip? A Synthetic Biologist’s Review of ‘Biohackers’ on Netflix|Elsa Sotiriadis|September 2, 2020|Singularity Hub
The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
That had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For far too long, we have been coasting on a moral authority to which we long ago lost any clear title.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had a fine eye for moral hypocrisy, and I know that a glaring example of it would not have escaped his notice.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These may be the least in the kingdom of heaven, but by the law of moral equation they can not be excluded.
The Theistic Conception of the World|B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
Even the city of Philadelphia is not exempt from this moral pestilence.
American Slave Trade|Jesse Torrey
The calumniator is not only a moral assassin, but he is the most accomplished type of the coward known to man.
Explanation of Catholic Morals|John H. Stapleton
Differences is vitally interesting, both as a story and as a moral lesson….
By-Ways of War|James Jeffrey Roche
Prodicus, whom Plato himself esteemed, appears to have been principally preoccupied with the moral problem.
Initiation into Philosophy|Emile Faguet
British Dictionary definitions for moral
moral
/ (ˈmɒrəl) /
adjective
concerned with or relating to human behaviour, esp the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviourmoral sense
adhering to conventionally accepted standards of conduct
based on a sense of right and wrong according to consciencemoral courage; moral law
having psychological rather than tangible effectsmoral support
having the effects but not the appearance of (victory or defeat)a moral victory; a moral defeat
having a strong probabilitya moral certainty
law(of evidence, etc) based on a knowledge of the tendencies of human nature
noun
the lesson to be obtained from a fable or eventpoint the moral
a concise truth; maxim
(plural)principles of behaviour in accordance with standards of right and wrong
Derived forms of moral
morally, adverb
Word Origin for moral
C14: from Latin mōrālis relating to morals or customs, from mōs custom