MORAL PRINCIPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moral principle mean? 

• MORAL PRINCIPLE (noun)
  The noun MORAL PRINCIPLE has 2 senses:

1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group

2. the principle that conduct should be moral

  Familiarity information: MORAL PRINCIPLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORAL PRINCIPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ethic; moral principle; value-system; value orientation

Context example:

a person with old-fashioned values

Hypernyms ("moral principle" is a kind of...):

principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moral principle"):

Chartism (the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The principle that conduct should be moral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("moral principle" is a kind of...):

precept; principle (rule of personal conduct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moral principle"):

categorical imperative (the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty)