moral confusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandconfusion
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moral
adjective
uk/ˈmɒr.əl/us/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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confusion
noun
uk/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/us/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/
a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or ...
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(Definition ofmoralandconfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They aim to cut through the prevailingmoralconfusionby making a clear distinction between what they perceive as good and what they perceive as evil.
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It is a time, as every teacher knows, whenmoralconfusionpresses on social problems.
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We live in an age of greatmoralconfusion, in which we are reluctant to express a firm view on a moral issue.
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There is not so much a rejection of the sovereignty of morality in this area as muchmoralconfusionand bewilderment.
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We have recently given the impression ofmoralconfusion, boneless-ness and lack of belief in our own values.
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There seems to be a serious inconsistency here as well as amoralconfusionwhich troubles me.
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Themoralconfusioninto which their rather peculiar fate during the war has thrown them has intensified this, and an acute inferiority complex is always an embarrassing thing to contemplate.
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Schools share in some of themoralconfusionand teachers themselves reflect the diversity of lifestyles within our society.
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Thematically the song contains elements of hypocrisy, alienation, andmoralconfusion.
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