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moral agency

moral agency noun: the ability to make moral choices based on one's internal sense of morality.

Noun

moral agency (uncountable)

  1. The ability to make moral choices based on one's internal sense of morality.

Origin of moral agency

From moral + agency.

Questions about moral agency

What does moral agency mean?
Moral agency means the ability to make moral choices based on one's internal sense of morality.
What part of speech is moral agency?
Moral agency is a noun.

Words near moral agency in the dictionary

  1. morainic delta
  2. morainic deltas
  3. Morains
  4. morais
  5. moral
  6. moral agency
  7. moral agent
  8. moral arithmetic
  9. moral authority
  10. moral bankruptcies
  11. moral bankruptcy

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