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Moos Linneman Nicolaas ("Moos") Linneman (born June 11, 1931 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country. First in London (1948), then four years later in Helsinki, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Welterweight (-67 kg) division by GĂĽnther Heidemann of Germany.
Moosa Ali Jaleel Brigadier Moosa Ali Jaleel RM HRM MSc ndc psc serves as a flag officer in the Maldives National Defence Force of the Republic of Maldives and is widely regarded as being the most highly trained and capable military officer in the country. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier on April 21, 2004.
Moose The moose (so named in North America) or elk (in Europe), Alces alces, is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. Moose eat saplings and shrubs, and the name moose is from mus or mooz (â€twig eater’) in several of the Algonquian languages, spoken by certain indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Moose Dropping Festival The Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival is a celebration that takes place over two days in July each year in Talkeetna, Alaska. The event is named after a lottery wherein participants bet on numbered, varnished pieces of moose turd that are dropped from a helicopter onto a target.
Moose International Moose International is a nonsectarian, nonprofit fraternal organization comprised of Loyal Order of Moose for men and Women of the Moose for women. Founded in 1888 in Louisville, Kentucky it is made up of roughly 2,000 lodges and one and a half million members in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom.
Moose Jaw Canucks The Moose Jaw Canucks were a junior ice hockey team based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. They were one of the founding members of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League (known today as the Western Hockey League) in 1966 following a rebellion within the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
Moose Jaw Fire Department The Moose Jaw Fire Department, founded in 1906, is a fifty-seven member fire brigade which provides fire suppression to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and 15 Wing Moose Jaw, a military base just south of the city. They also have agreements with some rural communities around Moose Jaw.
Moose Krause Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was a well-known collegiate basketball player during the 1930s. Born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas in Chicago on February 2, 1913 to Lithuanian immigrant parents, the 6 ft.
Moose River (Ontario) The Moose River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows 100 km northeast from the junction of the Mattagami and Missinaibi Rivers into James Bay. Its drainage basin is 108500 km² and it has a mean discharge rate of 1370 m³/s.
Moose River Gold Mines, Nova Scotia Moose River Gold Mines located at 44°59'03"N, 62°56'34"W is a rural community in the eastern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality , Nova Scotia . The community in the late 1800s and early 1900s had a gold mining until April 12,1936 when the roof of the mine collapsed trapping three men 150 feet down for 11 days .
Moose sickness Moose sickness is a degenerative condition that occurs in moose populations in central and eastern North America that have been infected with the parasitic worm Parelaphostrongylus tenuis. The disease is characterized by stumbling, aimlessness and other odd behavior and is often fatal.
Moose Stubing Lawrence George "Moose" Stubing (born March 31, 1938) was a minor league manager and major league baseball coach. His playing career consisted of just five pinch-hit at-bats with the California Angels in the 1967 season.
Moosebutter moosebutter is an a cappella/comedy music group originally based in Utah. They have released four albums: "See Dee," released in 2002; "Christmas", which was only sold during the Christmas season of 2003; "Udder Won," released in 2005; and Dee's Ember released in winter 2006.
Mooseland, Nova Scotia Mooseland is a rural community in the Musquodoboit Valley area of halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotiaon the the Mooseland Road ,68 kilometers east from Halifax.The area is known to have deposits of Gold .
Moosemilk The Canadian military has a long history of serving a beverage known as "Moosemilk" annually on New Years Day at a function hosted by the Junior Ranks Mess, Senior NCO's Mess and the Officers Mess. Each mess basically hosts an open house or invites guests by special invitation to the "New Years Levee".
Moosewood Cookbook Moosewood Cookbook is a recipe book written by Mollie Katzen when she was a member of the Moosewood collective in Ithaca, New York. This cookbook is considered by many as one of the most significant modern vegetarian cookbooks .
Moosewood Restaurant Moosewood Restaurant is an alternative/vegetarian restaurant that was founded in 1973 by a group including Mollie Katzen in downtown Ithaca, NY, a university town in upstate New York which is the location of Cornell University and Ithaca College. It is located on the first floor of the Dewitt Mall building, which is a converted high school.
Moosi In Islam, a Moosi is someone who has signed up for Wasiyyat or a will, under the plan initiated by the Promised Messiah, thus committing a portion, not less than one-tenth, of his lifetime earnings and any property to a cause.
Moosonee, Ontario Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. Moosonee is not particularly far north (51°N) but is isolated due to its lack of road access to the rest of Ontario.
Moot court Moot court is an extracurricular activity in many law schools where participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term "moot court" is sometimes confused with "mock trial"; however, the two are not the same.
Moothiringode BhavathrÄthan Namboothiripad Moothiringode BhavathrÄthan Namboothiripad (മൂത്തിരിങ്ങൊട് ŕ´ŕ´µŕ´¤ŕµŤŕ´±ŕ´ľŕ´¤ŕ´¨ŕµŤ നമ്പൂതിരിപാട്) was a Malayalam author who is known for his work Aphante Makal which had great social relevance in pre-independent Kerala society.
Mootness In United States law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. Thereby the matter has been deprived of practical significance or rendered purely academic.
Mootools mootools is a lightweight, modular JavaScript framework. It is also crossbrowser, being "compatible and fully tested with Safari, internet explorer 6 and 7, Firefox (and its mozilla friends), Opera and Camino.
MooT (game) MooT is a question and answer board game, similar to Trivial Pursuit, that asks questions about the history and meaning of English words. Success is determined by a player's ability to answer questions about grammar, etymology, slang, euphemism, and semantics.
MoOLIT MoOLIT was a graphical user interface library and application programming interface (API) created by Unix System Laboratories in an attempt to make a compromise between the two competing look-and-feels for Unix workstations at the time—OpenLook and OSF Motif.
Mop Fair Mop Fairs (also "The Mop" singular and "Mops" plural) are a feature of many English towns and are traditionally held on or around "Old Michaelmas Day". They originated as a "hiring" fair and their history dates back some 600 to 700 years.
Mopane The mopane or mopani (Colophospermum mopane) tree grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, 200-1,150 m, in the far northern parts of southern Africa, into South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi. The genus Colophospermum only occurs in Africa and is there only the one species in the genus.
Mopar Mopar (short for MOtor PARts) is the automobile parts and service arm of the DaimlerChrysler American brands that were formerly owned by the Chrysler Corporation. The term was first used by Chrysler in the 1920s and has been in continuous use ever since.
Mopatop's Shop Mopatop's Shop, which premiered on CITV in the UK in 1999, features a large green Muppet named Mopatop and his red duck-like assistant Puppyduck. Together they run Mopatop's Shop, a shop where you can buy anything you could ever think or dream of.
Moped Mopeds are a class of low-powered motorized vehicles, generally two-wheeled. Moped classification is designed to allow the use of small motorised vehicles, avoiding the safety restrictions and licensing charges required of larger motorcycles.
Moped (band) Moped were a little known New Zealand band formed in Palmerston North by three brothers, Gareth (guitar & backing vocals), Hayden (bass and lead vocals) and Karl (drums) Shearman. They played an infectious brand of groove saturated reggae rock, with lyrics which speack of a clear christian commitment.
Moped Army The Moped Army is a group of avid moped riders, originally formed in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the Decepticons in 1997 by three friends from Sturgis, MI while attending Western Michigan University. Eventually, as other moped riders showed an interest in creating their own branches associated with the Decepticons, the Moped Army was formed, with the Decepticons summarily becoming a branch of the Moped Army.
Mopee Mopee is a fictional character from DC Comics, an imp-like creature from the "Heavenly Helpmates" who was stated, in a story not generally considered in-continuity, to have been responsible for the origin of the Silver Age Flash. He was created by Gardner Fox.
Mopery Mopery is a vague and obscure legal term, used in certain jurisdictions to mean "walking down the street with no clear destination or purpose". Like loitering and vagrancy laws, it can be used legitimately by law enforcement to detain unsavory types before they have committed a clearer or more dangerous crime.
Mophun Mophun, a product of Synergenix Interactive, is an environment for developing Mobile-Phone Games and Applications. The games are developed in the C and C++ programming languages using an open source SDK available upon request from the website.
Mopiko Mopiko is an ointment for relieving pain and itching caused by nettle rash, bites by mosquitoes, lice or bedbugs, bee and other insect stings, and itching from pimples and similar complaints. It is manufactured in Japan and popular throughout South-East Asia.
Moplah rebellion The Moplah rebellion (also known as the Mopla riots) was a British-Muslim and Hindu-Muslim conflict in Kerala that occurred in 1921. During the early months of 1921, multiple events including the Khilafat movement and the Karachi resolution fueled the fires of rebellion.
Mopra Observatory The 22-metre Mopra Radio Telescope, located near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility, operated by CSIRO. The name hails from the location of the facility close to Mopra Rock a geological formation within close visual range, it is also close to the Siding Spring optical observatory in the Warrumbungle National Park.
Mopsuestia Mopsuestia (Greek ΜόĎουÎĎτία, also transliterated as Mopsouhestia or Mompsuestia) or Mopsus or Mamistra is an ancient city of Cilicia Campestris (later Cilicia Secunda) on the Pyramus (also Pyramos, now the Ceyhan Nehri) river located approximately 20 km east of present-day Adana (then called Antiochia in Cilicia) in Adana Province, Turkey.
Mopti Mopti is a city at the confluence of the Niger and the Bani in Mali, between Timbuktu and Ségou (14°30'00" North, 4°12'00" West). The city lies on three islands linked by dykes: the New Town, the Old Town and Bani.
MoPac Trail The MoPac Trail is a bicycling, equestrian and walking trail built on right-of-way formerly occupied by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The trail runs from Lincoln, Nebraska and ends near Wabash, Nebraska, a length of 26 miles (42 km).
Mor Katzir Mor Katzir (born August 23, 1980) is an Israeli supermodel. She has been in ads for Cole Haan, Costume National, and Missoni and has campaigned for Chanel, Prada, Hugo Boss, Jennifer Nicholson, Lacoste, Mila Schon, Samantha Treacy, Venexiana, and Moschino.
Mor lam sa on 1 Mor lam sa on 1 (Thai: หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ ชุด 1) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on the Master Tape label, it was the first album in her second series of recordings, and her 26th original album.
Mor lam sa on 12 Mor lam sa on 12 (หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ŕ¸Šŕ¸¸ŕ¸”ที๠12) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released in 2006 on the Master Tape label, it was the twelfth album in her second series of recordings, and her 38th original album.
Mor lam sa on 13 Mor lam sa on 13 (หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ŕ¸Šŕ¸¸ŕ¸”ที๠13) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released in 2006 on the Master Tape label, it was the thirteenth album in her second series of recordings, and her 39th original album.
Mor lam sa on 3 Mor lam sa on 3 (Thai: หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ ชุด 3) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on the Master Tape label, it was the third album in her second series of recordings, and her 28th original album.
Mor lam sa on 5 Mor lam sa on 5 (Thai: หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ ชุด 5) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on the Master Tape label, it was the fifth album in her second series of recordings, and her 30th original album.
Mor lam sa on 7 Mor lam sa on 7 (Thai: หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ ชุด 7) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on the Master Tape label, it was the seventh album in her second series of recordings, and her 32nd original album.
Mor lam sa on 8 Mor lam sa on 8 (Thai: หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸Şŕ¸°ŕ¸ŕ¸ŕ¸™ ชุด 8) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on 9 September 2003 on the Master Tape label, it was the eighth album in her second series of recordings, and her 33rd original album.
Mor lam sing Mor lam sing (Thai/Isan หมŕ¸ŕ¸Ąŕ¸łŕ¸‹ŕ¸´ŕąŕ¸‡) is a fast-paced, racy, modernized version of the traditional Lao/Isan song form mor lam. Sing comes from the English word "racing" (a reference to the music's speed and its origins among Isan's biker fraternity).
Mor Maman Mor Maman (Hebrew: מור ממן), (born February 2, 1986) is an Israeli footballer currently plying his trade at Maccabi Haifa. Mor made his professional debut for Maccabi Haifa in a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ramat Gan on September 16, 2003.
Mor ve Ötesi Mor ve Ötesi (literally meaning violet and beyond, [sic] ultra-violet) is the name of a Turkish alternative rock band hailing from the city of Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin, Kerem Kabadayı, 'Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen.
Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Flasher, North Dakota. It serves as one of the electric distribution utilities in south central North Dakota, primarily serving Morton, Grand, and Sioux Counties.
Mor-Tax Mor-Tax (sometimes spelt with an apostrophe or simply without the hyphen ) is the name of the planet in which the aliens from the first season of the War of the Worlds TV series originate. While the aliens existence as a continuation from the 1953 film would make them Martians, the first season rewrites due to the supported fact that no intelligent life is evident to exist or have existed on Mars.
Mora (linguistics) Mora (plural moras or morae) is a unit of sound used in phonology that determines syllable weight (which in turn determines stress or timing) in some languages. Like many technical linguistics terms, the exact definition of mora is debated.
Mora (mythology) In Polish mythology, mora are the souls of living people that leave the body during the night, and are seen as wisps of straw or hair or as moths. In certain Slavic languages, derivatives of word mora actually mean moth (for example, see Czech word mĹŻra).
Mora (plant) Mora is a genus of large trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae. There are seven species, all native to lowland rainforests in northern South America, southern Central America and the southern Caribbean islands.
Mora clock Mora clocks, are a type of longcase clock which were made in, and derived their name from, the town of Mora in Dalarna province, Sweden. Production began in the late 18th century and continued through most of the 19th finally succumbing to the increased competition from newer styles and cheaper mass production methods.
Mora Court District Mora Court District, or Mora tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad).
Mora knife The "mora" is a term used to refer to a range of popular belt-knives manufactured by the cutleries of the town of Mora in Dalarna, Sweden, primarily by Frosts knivfabrik and Mora of Sweden (previously known as KJ Eriksson). Having been used as every-day knives in Scandinavia for years, the knife has found particular favour in the bushcraft community on the basis of its simple and robust construction, easy maintainability and general versatility of use, and, of course, its comparatively low price-tag.
Mora-timed language In every language, speech emission is based on a sequence of elementary sound units; some of them play a specific part: through their isochronic recurrence, they produce the rhythm of the sentences. In a mora-timed language, these rhythm units are moras.
Morabeza (Cape Verde) Morabeza (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Boa Vista Island League in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island of Boa Vista.
Moraceae Moraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mulberry family. It comprises about 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate climates.
Moraff's World Moraff's World was the second of three in a series of roguelike shareware computer games produced by Steve Moraff in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although more technically and conceptually advanced than its predecessor, Moraff's Revenge, it still lacked the plot and "modernized" graphics found in its successor, Dungeons of the Unforgiven.
Morag (Ewoks) In the fictional Star Wars universe, Morag, officially know as Morag the Tulga Witch is the Ewoks' chief nemesis after the Duloks. Like most villains she hungers for power and control, but is especially at odds with the Ewok shaman Master Logray.
Morag Hood Morag Hood (12 December 1942 - 5 October 2002) was a Scottish actress described by many commentators as "a celebrated beauty", who featured in numerous British programs, stage productions and audio presentations from the 1960's upto the late 1990's.
Moraga, California Moraga is an affluent suburban town located in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is named in honor of Joaquin Moraga, whose grandfather was José Joaquin Moraga, second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza.
Moraine Moraine is rock debris, fallen or plucked from a mountain and transported by glaciers or ice sheets. The moraine may be lying on the glacier's surface or have been deposited as piles or sheets of debris, where the glacier has melted.
Moraine Lake Moraine Lake is a glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres outside the Village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 6183Â feet (1884Â m).
Moraira Moraira is a small coastal town in the La Marina Alta district lying 80km north of the city of Alicante and 100km south of Valencia. Moraira remains one of the most unspoilt resorts on the Costa Blanca, with 8km of beautiful coastline backed by mountains, and a permanent population of only 9,500, although this rises to 30,000 in summer.
Moral absolutism Moral absolutism is the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, devoid of the context of the act. "Absolutism" is often philosophically contrasted with moral relativism, which is a belief that moral truths are relative to social, cultural, historical or personal references, and to situational ethics, which holds that the morality of an act depends on the context of the act.
Moral Court Moral Court, which lasted in first-run syndication from its debut on October 2, 2000 to 2001, was a television show hosted by Larry Elder and distributed by Warner Brothers television. The show was a court of ethics where the winner would win $500 to $2,000.
Moral entrepreneur (sociology) A moral entrepeneur is a person who seeks to influence a group to adopt or maintain a norm. The moral entrepeneur may press for the creation or enforcement of a norm for reasons that are either humanistic or selfish.
Moral equivalence Moral equivalence is a term used in political debate, usually to characterize in a negative way the claim that there can be no moral or ethical hierarchy decided between two sides in a conflict, nor in the actions or tactics of the two sides.
Moral evil Moral evil is the result of any morally negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of an agent, such as a person. An example of a moral evil might be murder, or any other evil event for which someone can be held responsible or culpable.
Moral example Moral example is trust in the moral core of another, a role model, without the obvious mediation of any theory or language. It was cited by Confucius, Muhammad, Mohandas Gandhi and other important philosophers and theologians as the prime duty of a ruler - including the head of a family or the owner of a business.
Moral hierarchy A moral hierarchy is a hierarchy by which actions are ranked by their morality, with respect to a moral code. The notion of a moral hierarchy tends to be thin and untenable in cases spanning multiple cultures, because of the perception that moral codes are not equal, or that certain codes are superior to others.
Moral character Moral character or character is an evaluation of a person's moral and mental qualities. Such an evaluation is subjective — one person may evaluate someone's character on the basis of their virtue, another may consider their fortitude, courage, loyalty, honesty, or piety.
Moral inventory Moral Inventory is a "fact-finding and fact-facing" process taken as a part of twelve-step programs in order to "get down to causes and conditions" of one's way of life. In Alcoholics Anonymous it traditionally consists of a three part written list of resentments, fears and sexual conduct in column format.
Moral Kombat Moral Kombat is a 2007 documentary film, directed by Spencer Halpin, an American independent filmmaker. The title of the film is in part a reference to the Mortal Kombat series of video games, which are noticeable for their extreme violence.
Moral liability Moral liability is a term used to describe an ethical situation in which a person is morally responsible. Usually it is used to distinguish situations in which there is also no legal liability for the action concerned.
Moral luck Moral luck is the phenomenon whereby a moral agent is assigned moral blame or moral praise for an action or its consequences even when it is clear that the agent in question did not have full control over either the action or its consequences. This term was introduced by Bernard Williams, and the question of moral luck – including its significance to a coherent moral theory – has been initially developed by Williams and Thomas Nagel in their essays on the topic.
Moral Mazes Moral Mazes (ISBN 0-19-506080-6) is a groundbreaking 1988 book on the world of corporate managers from sociologist Robert Jackall. Named the "Most Outstanding Business and Management Book" of 1988 by the Association of American Publishers, the book explains how the structure of corporations work to promote greed, credit-stealing, problem-hiding, dishonesty, fear, and confusion.
Moral Midgetry "Moral Midgetry" is the eighth episode of the third season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Richard Price from a story by David Simon & Richard Price and was directed by Agnieszka Holland.
Moral nihilism Moral nihilism is the meta-ethical view that normative, moral statements are false. This view should be distinquished from non-cognitivism, ethical subjectivism, and moral relativism, which do not assign any static truth-values to moral statements.
Moral obligation The term moral obligation has a number of meanings in moral philosophy, in religion, and in layman's terms. Generally speaking, when someone says of an act that it is a "moral obligation," they refer to a belief that the act is one prescribed by their set of values.
Moral panic A moral panic is a reaction by a group of people based on the false or exaggerated perception that some cultural behavior or group, frequently a minority group or a subculture, is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. It has also been more broadly defined as an "episode, condition, person or group of persons" that has in recent times been "defined as a threat to societal values and interests.
Moral relativism In philosophy, moral relativism is the position that moral or ethical propositions do not reflect absolute and universal moral truths, but instead make claims relative to social, cultural, historical or personal circumstances. Moral relativists hold that no universal standard exists by which to assess an ethical proposition's truth.
Moral responsibility In ethics, moral responsibility is primarily the responsibility related to actions and their consequences in social relations. It generally concerns the harm caused to an individual, a group or the entire society by the actions or inactions of another individual, group or entire society.
Moral rights Moral rights are rights of creators of copyrighted works generally recognized in civil law jurisdictions and first recognized in France and Germany, before they were included in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1928. While the United States became a signatory to the convention in 1988, it still does not completely recognize moral rights as part of copyright law, but rather as part of other bodies of law, such as defamation or unfair competition.
Moral treatment Moral Treatment, also known as Moral Therapy or Management, was an approach to mental disorder based on humane psychosocial care and moral discipline. It emerged in the late 18th century and came to the fore for much of the 19th century, deriving partly from psychiatry or psychology and partly from religion or moral concerns.
Moral universalism Moral universalism is the meta-ethical position that some system of ethics applies universally, that is to all people regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexuality, or other distinguishing feature. The source or justification of this system may be thought to be, for instance, human nature, shared vulnerability to suffering, the demands of universal reason, what is common among existing moral codes, or the commands of God.
Moral value Moral values are things held to be right or wrong or desirable or undesirable. While morality is sometimes described as 'innate' in humans, the scientific view is that a capacity for morality is genetically determined in us, but the set of moral values is acquired, through example, teaching, and imprinting from parents and society.
Moral victory A moral victory occurs when a person, team, or army loses a battle, yet achieves some other moral gain. The gain in question is often totally unrelated to the battle in question; however, the one rule is that the gain must be considerably less than what would have been gained if the main battle had been won; otherwise, it would be characterized as either a "wash" or a proper victory.
Morale Morale (also referred to as esprit de corps) is a term for the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others. The term applies particularly to military personnel and to members of sports teams, but is also applicable in business and in any other organizational context, particularly in times of stress or controversy.
Morale hazard Morale hazard is an increase in the hazards presented by a risk arising from the insured's indifference to loss because of the existence of insurance. This differs from a moral hazard because in this case, there is no conscious or malicious intent to cause a loss..
Morale scolarium Morale scolarium is a book of mildly satirical elegiac poems composed in Latin in 1241 by Johannes de Garlandia, an English grammarian who taught at the universities of Toulouse and Paris. The text includes notes and interlinear glosses written by the author, aimed at students of Latin.
Morales Pino Trio Morales Pino Trio was very innovative in the trio tradition conformed by Colombian traditional instruments: Bandola, Tiple, and guitar. Its name was inspired by Pedro Morales Pino one of the most beloved composers and musicians in Colombia.
Moralia The Moralia (loosely translatable as Matters relating to customs and mores) of the first-century pagan priest Plutarch of Delphi is an eclectic collection of 78Â essays and transcribed speeches. They give an insight into Roman and Greek life, but often are also fascinating timeless observations in their own right.
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