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natural law

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ethics n.
ethics/ethic n.
natural selection n.
rightfulness n.
rightness n.
social Darwinism n.
survival of the fittest n.
unwritten law n.

NOUN

ethics

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STRONG

belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethos goodness honesty honor ideal imperative integrity morality mores nature practice principles standard standards value

WEAK

moral code

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STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor evil immorality indecency

NOUN

ethics/ethic

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WEAK

belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethos goodness honesty honor ideal imperative integrity moral code morality mores nature practice principles right and wrong rules of conduct standard standards the Golden Rule

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WEAK

corruption immorality

NOUN

natural selection

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WEAK

Darwinian theory Darwinism adaptation artificial selection biological evolution evolution evolutionism law of the jungle phylogeny social Darwinism social evolution survival of the fittest theory of evolution

NOUN

rightfulness

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STRONG

belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethic ethos goodness honesty honor ideal imperative integrity morality mores nature practice principles propriety righteousness rightness standard standards value

WEAK

ethicality ethicalness moral code

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STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor evil immorality impropriety indecency wrong

NOUN

rightness

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STRONGEST

goodness righteousness

STRONG

belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethic ethos honesty honor ideal imperative integrity morality mores nature practice principles propriety rightfulness standard standards value

WEAK

ethicality ethicalness moral code

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STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor immorality impropriety wrong

NOUN

social Darwinism

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WEAK

Darwinism adaptation evolution law of the jungle natural selection phylogeny social evolution survival of the fittest theory of evolution

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survival of the fittest

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Darwinianism Darwinism Neo-Darwinism adaptation evolution evolutionism law of the jungle natural selection organic evolution phylogeny punctuated equilibrium social Darwinism social evolution

NOUN

unwritten law

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WEAK

convention protocol

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natural law

Mainstream economists may want you to believe all this is driven by Darwinian forces that follow some natural law, simplified as “the cost of doing business,” or even by Adam Smith’s invisible hand.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

He wanted American slavery to end, because it violated natural law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

This is a suppression of the natural law.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

Still, if any natural law applies to California, it is that what comes down will eventually go up.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Thus some disciples of Newton were prepared to follow the logic of natural law through to its conclusion and maintain that everything that happens happens in accordance with the laws of nature.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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