moral
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The market isn’t a moral authority standing above society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Friedman’s case for markets was moral as well as material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In Coltrane’s streetwise translation, it becomes, “Somebody’s got to bend the arc of the moral universe. It don’t bend on its own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Brazilian government on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to force the Discord messaging platform to adopt stronger measures to protect children, and is seeking almost $100 million in "collective moral damages."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
He imagined himself as the young Winston Churchill covering Kitchener’s battle at Omdurman, a battle of superior versus inferior arms, except that, unlike Churchill, he sided with the moral victor.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“When you sublet your judgment about facts and morals to a rigid ideology, you really surrender your ability to make real moral judgments, and also to make real factual judgments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“But I do have beliefs, I have morals, and I’ll always stand on those and be true to who I am,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Also read: You want a portfolio that matches your morals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
He saw himself as a normal guy and stuck to his morals and that's why he mixed with everyone and why everyone at the club got on with him.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
They corrected each others work and policed their ranks like soldiers against tardiness, sloppy appearance, and the perception of loose morals.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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