moral_principle has definitions from the field of sociology
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[ noun ] (sociology) the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group

Examples

"the Puritan ethic" "a person with old-fashioned values"

Used in print

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

Mr._Skyros was not a man who thought very_much about moral_principles ; he found money much more interesting ; but all_the_same he thought now , uneasily , of the way in which Angelo earned his living - and paid for his own stuff - and eyed the soft smile , and the spaniel like dark eyes , and he felt a_little ill .

Related terms

principle Chartism

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[ noun ] the principle that conduct should be moral
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