moral imperative
A practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact…A practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact that it is morally right.
» Condemning dehumanizing and racist rhetoric is a moral imperative.
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2 sensesA practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact that it is morally right.
An ethical principle or rule which requires and justifies a practice, policy, or state of affairs.
Examples
4 sentencesCondemning dehumanizing and racist rhetoric is a moral imperative.
Collective condemnation of the genocidal war is a moral imperative.
Denouncing and taking sanctions against crimes of war and crimes against humanity is a moral imperative.
Punching Nazis is a moral imperative.
Forms
plural: moral imperatives| Singular | moral imperative |
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Word family
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