moral objections
Conscience-based disagreements
Moral objections are protests or refusals based on ethical principles rather than practical concerns.
Someone with moral objections to a policy believes it's wrong, not merely inconvenient: She had moral objections to animal testing.
The phrase often appears in contexts where people seek exemptions from laws or requirements that conflict with their conscience: The pharmacist cited moral objections to filling the prescription.
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- scruplesMoral reservations about acting
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- qualmsMoral reservations or unease
on principle · reservations · dissent · protest · cry foul · refusal · dilemma · values · beliefs · ethical dilemma · wrongness · sin · taboo · disgust · outrage · disapproval · condemnation · integrity
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