moral imperative

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact that it is morally right.
    — This 60-second commercial, titled The Deficit Trials: 2017 A.D., . . . "expresses a view that budget cuts are a moral imperative."
  2. An ethical principle or rule which requires and justifies a practice, policy, or state of affairs.
    — . . . the Confucian custom of filial piety. This moral imperative requires sons to obey their parents and take care of them during old age.

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