moral sense

American  

noun

1. the ability to determine the rightness or wrongness of actions.

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Etymology

Origin of moral sense

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

But then neither is Kate; she has a good enough moral sense to pass as a hero, but the exquisite tension of “The Diplomat” is almost always between the lesser of two evils.

From Los Angeles Times

Withdrawing funding for a promising experimental vaccine makes no financial or moral sense.

From Salon

Our moral sense is grounded in intuition, not reason, Gray argues, and in perception rather than objective reality.

From Salon

“If this decision does not outrage the moral sense of the country, then nothing will,” FDR’s Interior secretary, Harold Ickes, wrote in his diary.

From Los Angeles Times

Associate Justice William W. Bedsworth wrote on behalf of the district court that its role was “not to render judgment in a moral sense, but only as to the legal issues raised.”

From Los Angeles Times