moral law

moral law. A collection of principles defining right and wrong conduct; a standard to which an action must conform to be right or virtuous.

“It quite often happens that the moral law disapproves of something which the secular permits as a concession to human frailty.” Patrick Devlin, The Enforcement of Morals 78 (1968).

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双语律师Jerry，毕业于一所培养最顶级翻译人才的语言学院，擅长翻译各类与欧洲隐私及安全法相关的法律文件。