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moral

[mawr-uhl, mor-] / ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- /




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Far too lofty, but I had a high school teacher who used to shout, “We’re not teaching you rules, we’re handing you a moral, ethical code.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Pope Leo’s first encyclical makes the moral case for humanity against ungoverned AI.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Instead of blanket-dismissing tech entrepreneurs or wholesale manifesting a god in the machine, Pope Leo has sought a careful, studied, moral middle ground: one that encourages technological progress but upholds human dignity above all.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

The head of the Catholic Church is adding his moral suasion to a growing backlash against the impact of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The moral law applies to rational, language-using creatures, and the law of nature binds all human beings by virtue of their capacity to recognize that there are moral obligations that are common to them all.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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