"Public morals" refers to the accepted standards or values of behavior, actions, and beliefs that are generally considered "right" or "wrong" by the majority of people in a society. It reflects how individuals should conduct themselves in order to uphold societal norms and maintain a sense of ethical conduct in public settings.
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Sentences with «public morals»
- But every major school of educational theory when reflecting on public moral education agrees that there is a universal and all - inclusive morality. (firstthings.com)
- This helps public moral and improves the image of the criminal justice system. (lawyer-monthly.com)
- It is time to ask why Catholic Lite has been such an abysmal failure in forming public moral cultures in which self - gift, not self - aggrandizement, is the touchstone of human aspiration. (firstthings.com)
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