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Her main argument was a moral one. ☊ argument ☊
the moral authority to run the country ☊ authority ☊
She believes that killing animals for food or fur is completely immoral. ☊ believe ☊
conventional behaviour/morality ☊ conventional ☊
economic/moral/urban decay ☊ decay ☊
Most political questions involve morality in some form or other. ☊ form ☊
a woman of ill repute (= considered to be immoral) ☊ ill ☊
It's immoral to steal. ☊ immoral ☊
There's nothing immoral about wanting to earn more money. ☊ immoral ☊
an immoral act/life/person ☊ immoral ☊
They were charged with living off immoral earnings (= money earned by working as a prostitute ). ☊ immoral ☊
The article claims that an increase in crime indicates a decline in moral standards. ☊ indicate ☊
a moral issue/dilemma/question ☊ moral ☊
a decline in moral standards ☊ moral ☊
moral philosophy ☊ moral ☊
a deeply religious man with a highly developed moral sense ☊ moral ☊
The newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries. ☊ moral ☊
moral responsibility/duty ☊ moral ☊
Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer these questions. ☊ moral ☊
The job was to call on all her diplomatic skills and moral courage (= the courage to do what you think is right). ☊ moral ☊
He led a very moral life. ☊ moral ☊
a very moral person ☊ moral ☊
to act morally ☊ morally ☊
morally right/wrong/justified/unacceptable ☊ morally ☊
He felt morally responsible for the accident. ☊ morally ☊
moral philosophy ☊ philosophy ☊
He has high moral principles. ☊ principle ☊
regard sb/sth/yourself as sth: Capital punishment was regarded as inhuman and immoral. ☊ regard ☊
responsibility (to do sth): I think we have a moral responsibility to help these countries. ☊ responsibility ☊
a man of high moral standards ☊ standard ☊
moral values ☊ value ☊