The moral principle behind such an aim is that favoring liberty means, by and large, favoring independence.

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He did not care to name any epic moral principle involved in that.

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Mr. Obama endorsed the political ruse he calls the Buffett rule, which asserts as a matter of moral principle that millionaires should not pay a lower tax rate than middle-class wage earners.

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By what moral principle can they be excluded?

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We need to believe that people have a sense of duty born of moral and ethical principle rather than the law.

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This also starts to get into another principle: Moral Hazard, the idea that if there are no perceived consequences to an action, we slack off.

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Our governing moral is one of the principle moving forces behind the language that ultimately emerged from the convention believed that provision from impeachment should be made but that the offenses must be limited and carefully defined.

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But as to which principle has the higher moral claim, no simple rule provides an answer.

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This would recognise that moral imperatives might sometimes override the principle of non-interference in a state's internal affairs.

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Ashcroft is considered a man of principle, admired for his deep moral and conservative convictions.

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The other is the unity (and moral equality) of the entire human race, a bedrock principle of liberalism.

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