moral

Example Sentences

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The script is glancingly empathetic to Jane’s moral turmoil but like Daniel, the film has made up its mind before the movie started.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The failure the pope describes consists in an institution’s confidently drawing the boundaries of moral concern with its most authoritative tools, holding that line for centuries, and turning out to be catastrophically wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Instead of blanket-dismissing tech entrepreneurs or wholesale manifesting a god in the machine, Pope Leo has sought a careful, studied, moral middle ground: one that encourages technological progress but upholds human dignity above all.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Eventually, with the concept of a tacit reserve, a principle from moral philosophy is introduced directly into epistemology, establishing a limit to knowledge claims.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton