moral

Example Sentences

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said tech companies "have a moral duty to act by making it impossible for children to take, share or view nude images. If they don't, we will legislate".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Blockaders even developed a legal argument to justify their actions, drawing on the common law defense of necessity, which allows someone to break a law to achieve a greater moral good.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Far too lofty, but I had a high school teacher who used to shout, “We’re not teaching you rules, we’re handing you a moral, ethical code.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

A humane technological order requires a robust civil society: universities, localities, entrepreneurs, churches, professional associations and especially families capable of exercising moral responsibility and cultivating virtue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander