Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency. It is sayd there be a raunge of mountaynes in the Easte, on one syde of the which certayn conducts are immorall, yet on the other syde they are holden in good esteeme; wherebye the mountayneer is much conveenyenced, for it is given to him to goe downe eyther way and act as it shall suite his moode, withouten offence. _Gooke's Meditations_
Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
(MOR·al). Conduct or principles generally accepted as right conduct or its principles. From a sociocultural perspective moral conduct arises quite simply out of what a group believes irrespective of why they believe it. Belief does not establish a fact, an absolute value, or truth. Quite commonly moral conduct in one sociocultural system is a taboo in another. The same situation relates to ethics as such rules always arise out of a unique sociocultural system. In the western world, due to its preoccupation with pagan Greek philosophy and a pervasive Roman Christian influence, the concepts of moral and of ethics have the myths of dualism and natural law as their underlying bases.
relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; "moral philosophy"
adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"
arising from the sense of right and wrong; "a moral obligation"
relating to, dealing with, or capable of making the distinction between right and wrong in conduct.