morals
Morals are what you believe to be right and wrong. People can have different morals: you might say, "I like his morals" or "I wonder about his morals."
Your morals are your ideas about right and wrong, especially how you should act and treat other people. Most people would agree that thieves, murderers, and other criminals are lacking morals. A lot of people would say politicians could use some morals as well. Every person has a slightly different set of morals, and different cultures have their own morals as well. You probably get your morals from a combination of your parents, your teachers, your culture, and your religion.
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motivation based on ideas of right and wrongsynonyms: ethical motive, ethics, moralitytypes:hedonismthe pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principleconscience, moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrongmotivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actionsChrist Within, Inner Light, Light, Light Withina divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soulsuperego(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a consciencetype of:motivation, motive, needthe psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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This American classic chronicles the exploits of Huck and Jim: one is running away from an abusive father and the other is fleeing enslavement. Read the full text here.
In this classic novel, a pig named Wilbur befriends a spider, who attempts to save his life.
On July 8, 1896, William Jennings Bryan, a former Congressman from Nebraska, rose to address the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In his now famous "A Cross of Gold" speech, Bryan called for the coinage of silver currency to gold currency at a ratio of 16 to 1. In those days, all money was either gold or backed by gold actually held by the government. Bryan’s "bimetallism" proposal would have created inflation or "cheap money" to aid the poor farmers and workers who were his supporters. Business leaders and the Republicans opposed it. Considered one of the greatest political speeches of all time, Bryan’s fiery delivery mesmerized the convention and led to his nomination as the Democratic candidate for president. Read the full text here. Here are links to our lists for the speech: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4, List 5