good morals
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The civil code would also allow judges to base some rulings on vaguely defined "good morals" -- a provision Human Rights Watch warned would be "opening the door to arbitrary interpretation".
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Alice Hemmings said her son had "good morals" and "a loving, caring family behind him".
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024
According to the medical model and the moral model it evolved from, people who are sick or disabled are abnormal and "bad", lacking both good health and, presumably, good morals.
From Salon • May 14, 2023
The leaders of the English church and government agreed that men and women should have good morals, but viewed their Puritan critics as potential subversives.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
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Some men think her charge was made solely against collar-buttons, whose conduct the world admits is detrimental to good morals; but they are wrong; she included many things in her charge.
From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara