moral objection
Conscience-based disagreement
A moral objection is a refusal or protest based on ethical principles rather than practical concerns: She raised a moral objection to the company's use of child labor.
The phrase often appears in contexts where someone declines to participate in something they consider wrong: The pharmacist cited a moral objection to dispensing the medication.
Distinguished from legal, financial, or logistical objections by grounding in conscience or values.
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- conscienceInternal moral sense
speaking out · rejection · whistleblowing · ethics · ethical dilemma · norms · integrity · objector · morality · civil disobedience · values · principled stand · critique · human rights · just cause · duty · resistance · standing up
- draft defermentsdraft deferment, deferment, draft exemption, military exemption, student deferment
- peace movementspacifism, nonviolence, peace activism, peace activist, peace activists
moral objectionmoral support
Non-tangible emotional assistance
blessing · approbation · moral justification · ethical justification · championing
moral objectionself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
expedience · convenience · taste · whim
moral objectionamorality
Lacking ethical concern
complacency · acquiescence · unconcern · moral blindness · willful ignorance