moral state

基本解释

The essence of moral training is that we should develop the morality consciously and long-termly, so that we can reach a better moral state.
道德修养的实质，就是自觉地、长期地开展内心道德观的斗争，从而达到较高的道德境界。
It, as the unification and development as well as an integration of Confucian moral state theory and Taoist aesthetic one, is of great significance in theory and values.
它是儒家道德境界论和道家审美境界论的综合和发展，同时实现了儒、道境界论的统一，具有超世俗的理论意义和价值取向。
It is not a simple combination of all the virtues mentioned above, but an organic whole. That is why Confucius regards kindness and magnanimity as an ideal moral state, which is hardly attainable.
“仁”不是上述这些美德的简单组合，而是一种有机的结合体，所以孔子将“仁德”看作是一种难以企及的理想的道德境界。
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Being happy, in other words, is also a moral state in the sense of actually contributing to other people's wellbeing.
感受快乐，换言之，也是一种道德状态,对他人的幸福作出贡献。
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He argued that this John Milton fellow simply couldn't be heeded on matters of the church, or on matters of the state, because Milton himself had absolutely no moral authority.
他批判到,弥尔顿根本不重视教会事务，或者国家事物，因为弥尔顿自己就没有绝对的道德权威。
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Consequentialist moral reasoning locates morality in the consequences of an act, in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do.
后果主义道德推理,认为是否道德取决于行为的后果，取决于你的行为对外界所造成的影响。
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The tamped-down acting and the spare, tense visual rhetoric suggest a state of moral crisis as well as the response—as much in style as in substance—that it demands.
NEWYORKER: Not Reconciled