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Societal evolution of ethical standards
"moral progress in belief involves deepening our grasp of existing moral concepts, while moral progress in practices involves realizing deepened moral
Moral_progress
Standard, doctrine or system of conduct
Reese Anthis, analyzes the trajectory of moral progress in society via the framework of an expanding moral circle. Noam Chomsky states that ... if we
Morality
Movement towards a desired state
demonstrated that progress was not automatic and that technological improvement did not necessarily guarantee democracy and moral advancement. British
Progress
2015 book by Michael Shermer
flourishing. Shermer has stated that "[my] thesis is not for inevitable moral progress, we have to earn it, fight for it and argue for it." He also stated
The_Moral_Arc
American researcher, ethicist, and essayist
a hand-maintained format. Tomasik identifies as a moral anti-realist. He argues that moral progress can still be made relative to personal values, which
Brian_Tomasik
and moral enhancement involves the application of artificial intelligence to the enhancement of moral reasoning and the acceleration of moral progress. With
Artificial intelligence and moral enhancement
Artificial_intelligence_and_moral_enhancement
Holiday celebrated on June 24
association was chartered in 1849 with the mission of promoting social and moral progress. (See Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society.) The celebrations were supported
Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day
German philosopher (born 1960)
just moral universalism, but maintains that the increase of universalist ethical consciousness in Christianity is an undeniable form of moral progress. Hösle
Vittorio_Hösle
Broadening of moral consideration
Moral circle expansion is an increase over time in the number and type of entities given moral consideration. The general idea of moral inclusion was
Moral_circle_expansion
2009 book by Robert Wright
be realizing moral progress through evolution’s creation of the human moral sense (and through the subsequent development of that moral sense via cultural
The_Evolution_of_God
American adult stop-motion animated sitcom (2005–2008)
Moral Orel is an American adult stop-motion animated black comedy drama series created by Dino Stamatopoulos for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming
Moral_Orel
Type of AI with wide-ranging abilities
humanity still has moral blind spots similar to slavery in the past, AGI might irreversibly entrench them, preventing moral progress. Furthermore, AGI
Artificial general intelligence
Artificial_general_intelligence
Psychological theory describing the evolution of moral reasoning
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development constitute an adaptation of a psychological theory originally conceived by the Swiss psychologist Jean
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development
Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_moral_development
German philosopher (born 1980)
question the idea that only scientific and technical progress could lead to human and moral progress. He said there was a paradox of virocracy, to save
Markus_Gabriel
2006 book by Richard Dawkins
that there is a moral Zeitgeist that continually evolves in society, generally progressing toward liberalism. As it progresses, this moral consensus influences
The_God_Delusion
Essay by British philosopher Bertrand Russell
Russell closes by suggesting that religion is the chief obstacle to moral progress, and an appeal to replace it with science (which can dispel the fear
Why_I_Am_Not_a_Christian
Interdisciplinary field of study
are moral judgment, moral reasoning, moral satisficing, moral sensitivity, moral responsibility, moral motivation, moral identity, moral action, moral development
Moral_psychology
2002 book by Steven Pinker
sameness, but policies that treat people as individuals with rights; that moral progress does not require the human mind to be naturally free of selfish motives
The_Blank_Slate
1824 treatise by Lewis Gompertz
republished it as a free digital edition. Gompertz begins by discussing moral progress and the possibility that ethical concern might be extended to animals
Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes
Moral_Inquiries_on_the_Situation_of_Man_and_of_Brutes
Polish poet (1812–1859)
conservatism, Christianity, the necessity of sacrifice and suffering to moral progress, and providentialism. The Undivine Comedy and another major work, Irydion
Zygmunt_Krasiński
Emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution
Animal faith Evolutionary ethics The Origins of Virtue Moral foundations theory Moral progress Moral realism Science of morality Triune ethics theory Veneer
Evolution_of_morality
Ethical idealism, which is also referred to by terms such as moral idealism, principled idealism, and other expressions, is a philosophical framework
History_of_ethical_idealism
Approach to Confucianism that promotes individual and collective moral progress
approach of Confucianism that aims to promote individual and collective moral progress. It explores themes such as political authority and morality, the rule
Progressive_Confucianism
Pejorative term
Virtue signalling is a pejorative neologism for the expression of a moral viewpoint with the intent of communicating good character, frequently used to
Virtue_signalling
American writer and energy policy commentator
Fuels Improve the Planet. Center for Industrial Progress. ISBN 9780989344807. Epstein, Alex (2014). The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. Penguin. ISBN 9781591847441
Alex Epstein (American writer)
Alex_Epstein_(American_writer)
American political party (1833–1854)
Bible was the best of Western civilization. Whigs linked moral progress and material progress—each needed the other. They supported Protestant religiosity
Whig_Party_(United_States)
Conviction that ethical standards do not apply to oneself
Moral disengagement is a term from developmental psychology, educational psychology and social psychology for the process of convincing the self that
Moral_disengagement
English philosopher (1836–1882)
essay "On the Different Senses of 'Freedom' as Applied to Will and the Moral Progress of Man", Prolegomena to Ethics, Lectures on the Principles of Political
T._H._Green
Book by Robert Wright
and greater moral progress, and thus strangely ignored, given that Wright is the author of another book examining human morality The Moral Animal. Wright
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Nonzero:_The_Logic_of_Human_Destiny
Concept in literary theory
Australian Feminist Studies, Timothy Laurie argues that a chronotope of moral progress, linked in particular to the connection between childhood and adulthood
Chronotope
1981 book by Peter Singer
known as moral philosophy). A new edition, published in 2011, includes a new afterword by Singer. In it, the author discusses how recent progress in biology
The_Expanding_Circle
Political philosophy in support of progress and reform
a synonym for cultural progressivism, deriving from the concept of moral progress and viewing liberalism as central to the development of culture. Cultural
Progressivism
2nd-century BC Greek philosopher
2005. "The Doctrine of Moral Progress in Later Stoic Thinking.” On the Path to Virtue: The Stoic Doctrine of Moral Progress and its Reception in (Middle-)
Panaetius
2001 book by Robert Nozick
vehicle of goodness. Nozick leaves as an open empirical question whether moral progress with regard to the abolition of slavery, women's rights, the civil rights
Invariances
Greek Stoic philosopher (c.279–c.206 BC)
perfect in the individual – in other words, there is such a thing as moral progress, and character has to be built up. The Stoics sought to be free of the
Chrysippus
Polish writer (1865–1954)
and adventure, emphasized technological innovation, patriotism, and moral progress, frequently featured Polish protagonists and advocated for Polish independence
Władysław_Umiński
American philosopher (1931–2007)
of Philosophy entry Rorty audio, "Dewey and Posner on Pragmatism and Moral Progress," University of Chicago Law School, April 14, 2006. PhilWeb's entry
Richard_Rorty
American Gradual Abolitionist Process (1810–1870)". Oxford Academic. "British Abolitionism, Moral Progress, & Big Questions in History". Boston University.
Gradual_abolition_of_slavery
Philosophical treatise written by Spinoza
with his theory of knowledge, and correlates the moral progress of man with his intellectual progress. At the lowest stage of knowledge, that of "opinion"
Spinoza's_Ethics
2016 book by Catherine Wilson
spectrum of topics including moral language, realism and anti-realism, reasons and motives, relativism, and moral progress, this book engages students
Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint
Metaethics_from_a_First_Person_Standpoint
1899 book by J. Howard Moore
and evolutionary theory, the book sets out Moore's view that moral and social progress depend on recognizing the unity of life and extending ethical
Better-World_Philosophy
1948 English-language book by Aldous Huxley
technological progress provides people with the instruments of ever more indiscriminate destruction, while the myth of political and moral progress serves as
Ape_and_Essence
Philosophical tradition
vocabularies. Rorty instead believes that scientific, philosophical, and moral progress is made through conversation about which vocabularies are best at solving
Pragmatism
Religious belief of Christianity, primarily Catholicism
for created goods, and impedes the soul's progress in the exercise of the virtues and the practice of the moral good; it merits temporal punishment", for
Purgatory
American academic
tremendous moral progress since the '60s.... And they've never given themselves credit for that. And here is an opportunity at last to document this progress."
Shelby_Steele
Novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written 1928–1940
and embarrassment. During this performance, Woland notes the lack of moral progress made in Soviet society, remarking that despite their technological advancements
The_Master_and_Margarita
1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by the English nonconformist preacher John Bunyan
The_Pilgrim's_Progress
Buddhist term for aspirant to enlightenment
bodhisattva is mindfulness (smṛti), which Dayal calls "the sine qua non of moral progress for a bodhisattva." Mindfulness is widely emphasized by Buddhist authors
Bodhisattva
Denomination of Judaism
toward a full understanding of itself and the divine, manifested in moral progress towards perfection. This highly rationalistic view virtually identified
Reform_Judaism
Literary genre
making allegorical comparisons between climbing the mountain and his own moral progress in life. Michault Taillevent [fr], a poet for the Duke of Burgundy,
Travel_literature
Emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy through adulthood
go beyond mere egocentrism. According to Piaget and Kohlberg, moral reasoning progresses through a constant sequence, a fixed and universal order of stages
Moral_development
Hypothesized risk to human existence
humanity still has moral blind spots similar to slavery in the past, AI might irreversibly entrench it, preventing moral progress. AI could also be used
Existential risk from artificial intelligence
Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence
Philosophy with the focus on morality
Moralism is a philosophy that arose in the 19th century that concerns itself with imbuing society with a certain set of morals, usually traditional behaviour
Moralism
French sociologist and engineer
Enlightenment idea that man was by nature good, and that moral progress inevitably followed from material progress. He also opposed theories of political and racial
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play
Pierre_Guillaume_Frédéric_le_Play
2015 encyclical of Pope Francis
economic growth, unless they are accompanied by authentic social and moral progress, will definitively turn against man." Pope Francis adds that the environmental
Laudato_si'
International temperance organization
themselves with the Temperance movement in hopes of pushing towards moral progress. The Black temperance movement fell to the sidelines during Reconstruction
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union
Ethical theory of Immanuel Kant
should be concerned with morality and good will. Kant's description of moral progress as the turning of inclinations towards the fulfilment of duty has been
Kantian_ethics
Social-psychological concept
3 progressed to moral stage 3. Further support came from the study's demonstration that a short role playing treatment stimulated progress in moral reasoning
Role-taking_theory
Enlightenment theory linking trade to peaceful behavior
Economic liberalism Economic liberalization Gains from trade Mercantilism Moral progress Peace economics Wandel durch Handel Movsesian, Mark (10 January 2018)
Doux_commerce
Science fiction novel series by Jerzy Żuławski
technological progress, which Żuławski sees as leading to greater conflict and inequality. Instead, Żuławski argues, the humanity should focus on the moral progress
The_Lunar_Trilogy
Way of giving support to a person or cause
Moral support is a way of giving support to a person or cause, or to one side in a conflict, without making any contribution beyond the emotional or psychological
Moral_support
British political theorist
concerned with "equal access to wellbeing". Why Global Justice Matters: Moral Progress in a Divided World, published by Polity Press, followed in 2019. In
Chris Armstrong (political theorist)
Chris_Armstrong_(political_theorist)
Approach to historiography
and the Last Man Ethnocentrism Great man theory Meliorism The Moral Arc Moral progress Philosophic Whigs Precursorism Predestination Blackburn, Simon
Whig_history
President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928
religious beliefs because [he] consider[ed] them beneficial for the moral progress that they encompass." He was, however, an enemy of "the political priest
Plutarco_Elías_Calles
1889–1919 Turkish political party
The Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress (CUP, also translated as the Society of Union and Progress; Ottoman Turkish: اتحاد و ترقى جمعيتی, romanized: İttihad
Committee of Union and Progress
Committee_of_Union_and_Progress
2014 book by Alex Epstein
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels is a 2014 book that advocates for the expansion of fossil fuels. Epstein runs the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
The_Moral_Case_for_Fossil_Fuels
Ability to make choices voluntarily
To deny freedom would be to deny the efforts of Buddhists to make moral progress (through our capacity to freely choose compassionate action). Pubbekatahetuvada
Free_will
American political theorist (born 1955)
frequently happens in Western notions of historical, civilizational or moral progress. Published exclusively in French, Les habits neufs de la politique mondiale
Wendy_Brown
Setting in which people live and interact
Environment and Everyday Life. transcript, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-8376-4077-9. Alfred Russel Wallace (1913), Social Environment and Moral Progress
Social_environment
Perceived decay of standards in a society
loosely) to self-indulgent behavior. Usage of the term sometimes implies moral censure, or an acceptance of the idea, met with throughout the world since
Decadence
describes the core Confucian commitment to individual and collective moral progress, and believes that ethical insight can lead to progressive political
Confucianism in the United States
Confucianism_in_the_United_States
centuries, the role of the imagination in intellectual and moral progress, the notion of 'moral identity', Wittgenstein's claim that the problems of philosophy
Philosophy as Cultural Politics
Philosophy_as_Cultural_Politics
Work by Marquis de Condorcet
constitution of the moral composition of humankind"; that the progress of the natural sciences must be followed by progress in the moral and political sciences
Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
Sketch_for_a_Historical_Picture_of_the_Progress_of_the_Human_Mind
American philosopher and novelist (born 1950)
'Mattering'". www.secularhumanism.org. July 26, 2019. "The Machinery of Moral Progress: An Interview with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein – TheHumanist.com". August
Rebecca_Goldstein
its full share of all the best fruits of the city's intellectual and moral progress; and to lead people throughout the city to join in this aim and motive
South_End_House
2024 book by Noah Feldman
includes Jews who understand God's truth as consonant with evolving moral progress, emphasizing social justice and universal values. The Evolutionist approach
To_Be_a_Jew_Today
French jurist, philanthropist and philosopher (1772–1842)
Perfectionnement moral, ou de l'Éducation de soi-même, 2 vol., 1824, engl. Self-education; or, The means and art of moral progress, translated from the
Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando
Joseph_Marie,_baron_de_Gérando
2002 United States Supreme Court case
Monster (Walter Dean Myers novel) Annas, George J. (November 28, 2002). "Moral progress, mental retardation, and the death penalty". The New England Journal
Atkins_v._Virginia
Study in psychology that overlaps with moral philosophy
Moral reasoning is the study of how people think about right and wrong and how they acquire and apply moral rules. It is a subdiscipline of moral psychology
Moral_reasoning
Book by John Brockman
essays will send you careening from mathematics to economics to the moral progress of the human race, and it is marvelous to watch this muddle of disciplines
What We Believe but Cannot Prove
What_We_Believe_but_Cannot_Prove
French literary figure (1807–1890)
those who shared his belief in the moral progress of man, whereby the progress of each individual led to the progress of humanity as a whole. In the National
Édouard_Charton
Use of biotechnology to improve one's character
voluntary MBE. Based on the fact that human technological progress has advanced faster than human moral psychology can adapt through evolution, Persson and
Moral_enhancement
Ethical Movement writer and lecturer (1860–1904)
immortality the more she strove for the well-being and the moral progress of the race. ‘Progress,’ writes a modern author, consists in human souls, taught
Zona_Vallance
Relationship between religious views and morals
treatment of the colored races, or every mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the
Morality_and_religion
to be for him/herself a responsible agent of their own well-being, moral progress, and spiritual development. Gran Betaña is one of the poorest neighborhood
Fundación_Arco_Iris
Austrian philosopher (1952–2026)
Modetrend oder Moralfortschritt? ("Animal Rights: Fashion Trend or Moral Progress?"), Kaplan argued that the animal rights movement had reached a critical
Helmut_F._Kaplan
1858–1863 federal state in Central and South America
doctrines that were understood as fundamental for the intellectual and moral progress of the country, such as the positivist philosophy of Jeremy Bentham
Granadine_Confederation
German-American artist and journalist
his time believed that violent racial extermination "would result in moral progress for humanity." Rudolf Cronau was married in Leipzig, Germany on 8 February
Rudolf_Cronau
Opera by Igor Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester
The_Rake's_Progress
American theologian (1919–2004)
represented steady moral progress, saying "I believe in God, because to me, history precisely does not represent such a progress." Gilkey was respected
Langdon_Gilkey
1881 treatise by Anna Kingsford
although it also retained hierarchical assumptions about humanity and moral progress. The book circulated within organised vegetarianism. Coulthard notes
The_Perfect_Way_in_Diet
Term used in political debates
Moral equivalence is a term used in political debate, usually to deny that a moral comparison can be made of two sides in a conflict, or in the actions
Moral_equivalence
German poet and philosopher (born 1980)
this background, Cojocaru is "convinced that both intellectual and moral progress can be achieved by cultivating our sensibilities towards the suffering
Mara-Daria_Cojocaru
Behaviour that increases the fitness of another while decreasing the fitness of self
ISSN 0003-3472. Singer P (2011). The expanding circle: ethics, evolution, and moral progress. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3843-1.
Altruism_(biology)
2010 book by Sam Harris
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values is a 2010 book by Sam Harris, in which he promotes a science of morality and argues that many
The_Moral_Landscape
Cultural and artistic movement
surreal nature of trench warfare. The view that mankind was making steady moral progress now seemed ridiculous in the face of the senseless slaughter, described
Modernism
Rejection of certain ideas about reality
views that reject the existence of any objectively meaningful purpose, moral value, truth, or knowledge. Nihilistic views span several branches of philosophy
Nihilism
HathiTrust Dystopian Predictions of Mankind's Reaction to Mechanical, Scientific and Moral Progress[permanent dead link] Parry Mansion in Golden Hill
David_M._Parry
Evolution of societies
Institutional memory Julian Steward Leslie White Lewis Henry Morgan Memetics Moral progress Neoevolutionism Neuroculture Origin of language Origin of speech Origins
Sociocultural_evolution
Painting series by William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress (or The Rake's Progress) is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in
A_Rake's_Progress
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Hebrew
(מï‹×¨Ö·×’) Hebrew unisex name MORAG means "threshing board." Compare with another form of Morag.
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Hebrew
(מï‹×¨Ö·×’) Hebrew unisex name MORAG means "threshing board." Compare with strictly feminine Morag.
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Bird
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Scottish
Scottish form of English Murray, MORAY means "sea warrior."
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Moral
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Scottish
 Scottish pet form of Irish/Scottish Mór, MORAG means "great." Compare with another form of Morag.
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Chinese
Moral.
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English
English name derived from the gem name, from Latin corallium, probably ultimately from Hebrew goral, CORAL means "small pebble."
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Attractive
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Muslim
Desire, Wish
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Hindi
Moral.
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Swan, Deer, Soft
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Indian
Semi-precious sea growth often Deep pink, Red
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Indian
Moral; Faithful
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Guru's Moral
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Moral.
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Moral; Virtuous
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Moral
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MORAL PROGRESS
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Transient
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Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Guide to Righteousness
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Australian, Swedish
God is Gracious; God has Shown Favor
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My Heart Peace
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Suffolk, named in Old English with mylenas, plural of mylen ‘mill’.Scottish and northern Irish (of Scottish origin) : from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Maol Ãosa ‘devotee of Jesus’.Greek : variant of Melis.Dutch : unexplained.Latvian : nickname from mells ‘black’.
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Hindi/Indian
(शेखर) Variant spelling of Hindi Sekar, SHEKHAR means "crest, peak."
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No One else
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Tamil
Female saint
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Arabic, French, Russian
Wise
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Noble
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v. t.
To render moral; to correct the morals of.
a.
The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.
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Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
a.
Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
a.
Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
a.
Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.
n.
A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
a.
Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
n.
An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.
a.
Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
a.
Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
a.
Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.
a.
Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
a.
Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
n.
An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel.
n.
Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
a.
Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
v. i.
To moralize.
n.
A morality play. See Morality, 5.
a.
Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.