moral duties
What conscience demands
Moral duties are obligations that arise from ethical principles rather than law or contract.
They include duties to tell the truth, keep promises, avoid causing harm, and help others in need.
Unlike legal duties, moral duties carry no formal penalty for violation—only conscience and social judgment enforce them.
She felt a moral duty to report the fraud, even though no law required it.
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- do the right thingBehave with moral integrity
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- golden ruleFundamental operating principle
- commitmentsPromises requiring follow-through
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- ethicsdeontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism, consequentialism
- Kantian ethicscategorical imperative, Kant, good will, practical reason, maxims
- mitzvotmitzvah, mitzvot, commandments, Torah laws, halakhah
- family dutiescaregiving, childcare, elder care, parenting, family support
- Legal conceptshuman rights, civil rights, contracts, liability, obligations
- moral absolutescategorical imperative
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Violations of moral law
vices · ethical violations · moral corruption · transgressions · ethical breaches
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