Example Sentences

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Morals and ethics are second cousins, twice removed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Jewish leaders in New York established the Bureau of Social Morals and worked with police to address the crime problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Morals and ethics are collateral damage in this fast-paced, sardonic and highly entertaining thriller that pokes fun at true-crime culture, the pursuit of fame and the shallow excess of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

He senior thesis was titled “The Changing Nature of Manners and Morals in the Roman Republic.”

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022

Then I began to write, weaving the strands I’d found in Hume’s Principles of Morals with filaments from Mill’s The Subjection of Women.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover