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  • 1Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy —     Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy     (See also CIVIL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY.)     Bankruptcy must be considered not only from the legal but also from the moral point of view; for sound morality …

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  • 2Moral Politics (book) — Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think is a 1996 book by cognitive linguist George Lakoff. It argues that conservatives and liberals hold two different conceptual models of morality. Conservatives have a Strict Father morality in… …

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  • 3moral relativism — The philosophized notion that right and wrong are not absolute values, but are personalized according to the individual and his or her circumstances or cultural orientation. It can be used positively to effect change in the law (e.g., promoting… …

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  • 4Moral Development — focuses on the emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy to adulthood. In the field of moral development, morality is defined as principles for how individuals ought to treat one another, with respect to justice, others’… …

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  • 5Moral character — or character is an evaluation of a particular individual s durable moral qualities. The concept of character can imply a variety of attributes including the existence or lack of virtues such as integrity, courage, fortitude, honesty, and loyalty …

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  • 6Moral economy — is a phrase used in a number of contexts to describe the interplay between moral or cultural beliefs and economic activities. Contents 1 A just economy 2 Economics and social norms 3 Utopian moral economies 4 …

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  • 7Moral shock — is a concept which sociologists use for certain cognitive and emotional processes that encourage participation. James M. Jasper, who originally coined the term, used it to help explain why people might join a social movement in the absence of pre …

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  • 8moral — [môr′əl, mär′əl; ] for n.4 [, mə ral′] adj. [ME < L moralis, of manners or customs < mos (gen. moris), pl. mores, manners, morals (see MOOD1): used by CICERO2 as transl. of Gr ēthikos] 1. relating to, dealing with, or capable of making the… …

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  • 9Moral statistics — most narrowly refers to numerical data generally considered to be indicative of social pathology in groups of people. Examples include statistics on crimes (against persons and property), illiteracy, suicide, illegitimacy, abortion, divorce,… …

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  • 10Moral enterprise — Moral enterprise, a concept theory taken from the book Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance by Howard S. Becker within labelling theory, is an interest in how rules are produced and enforced, an issue which Howard Becker, in Outsiders… …

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