The term moral obligation has a number of meanings in moral philosophy, in religion, and in layman`s terms. Generally speaking, when someone says of an act that it is a `moral obligation,` they refer to a belief that the act is one prescribed by their set of values. Moral philosophers differ as to the origin of moral obligation, and whether suc......
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A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfil.These obligations are of two kinds 1st. Those founded on a natural right; as, the obligation to be charitable, which can never be enforced by law. 2d. Those which are supported by a good or valuable antecedent consideration; as, where a man owes a debt...
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n] - an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong
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noun an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong; `he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation`
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