the moral high ground

A position of moral authority or superiority that one's arguments, beliefs, ideas, etc., are claimed or purported to occupy, especially in comparison to a differing viewpoint. (Used especially in the phrase "take/claim/seize/etc. the moral high ground.") The senator always tries to claim the moral high ground during a debate so as to shift public opinion in his favor.

the moral high ground

COMMON If a person or organization has the moral high ground, their policies or actions are morally better than the policies or actions of their opponents. No single political party can claim the moral high ground for honesty or religious authority. When it comes to invasion of privacy, none of the newspapers can take the moral high ground. All are guilty. Compare with the high ground.

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释义	the moral high ground the moral high ground A position of moral authority or superiority that one's arguments, beliefs, ideas, etc., are claimed or purported to occupy, especially in comparison to a differing viewpoint. (Used especially in the phrase "take/claim/seize/etc. the moral high ground.") The senator always tries to claim the moral high ground during a debate so as to shift public opinion in his favor. See also: ground, high, moral Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. the moral high ground COMMON If a person or organization has the moral high ground, their policies or actions are morally better than the policies or actions of their opponents. No single political party can claim the moral high ground for honesty or religious authority. When it comes to invasion of privacy, none of the newspapers can take the moral high ground. All are guilty. Compare with the high ground. See also: ground, high, moral Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: moral low ground at the top of the heap the top of the heap top of the heap How bout them apples? How 'bout them apples? how do you like them apples how do you like them apples? Who’s your daddy? Who's your daddy? References in periodicals archive They should know that by doing so Pakistan has ascended the moral high ground which itself is a tool of modern day diplomacy. Pakistan's peace gesture (2) This might have saved lives but by colluding with the Americans in this barbaric practice we surrendered the moral high ground. Shamed by US torture; VOICE OF THE Now everyone caters to silly vegan demands they must be looking for a new way to claim the moral high ground. Foodie fads on the veg [...]; Guest columnist YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN The early signs are that no one on the political spectrum has much claim to the moral high ground on this issue. Time is right to tighten up rules on voter data profiling; Sunday Mail OPINION MRS May attempts to claim the moral high ground for bypassing Parliament in her haste to join Trump and Macron in a futile gesture of bombing which can only delay the chemical weapons watchdog from travelling to the scene of the attack. Syria bombing shows Mrs May's weakness Batocabe said the Marcoses should take the moral high ground to unify the people because they had proven their point. Marcoses urged: Bury dictator in his own 'Libingan' in Ilocos Then there were those who took the moral high ground with talk of independence, which others saw as just insular attitudes. Keep it together; Letters. It will be difficult to claim the moral high ground from now on. HEROES AND VILLAINS Predictably the West takes the moral high ground while conveniently choosing to ignore the roots of the present conict. Our leaders to blame; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net Britain needs to do some serious soul searching before taking the moral high ground over other countries. We're not so tolerant; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk The 51-year-old politician said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Democrat's don't have the moral high ground when it comes to women's issues as the former President took advantage of a girl who was 20 years old and an intern in his office, which is inexcusable, CBS News reported. GOP senator says Bill Clinton's pursuit of Monica Lewinsky was `predatory` Contesting the Moral High Ground: Popular Moralists in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain, by Paul T. Contesting the Moral High Ground: Popular Moralists in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain Why is it that football clubs must take the moral high ground when governments trade with the tyrant Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe? Toon sponsor is legal lender Had he done that first, he'd have gained the moral high ground. Cameron has scored an own goal by not first reducing MPs' pensions; YouSAY IN YOUR OPINION IT'S interesting that Middlesbrough councillor Mike Carr has taken the moral high ground in his condemnation of male and female enforced sterilisation, yet condones it as a means of contraception (Moral Guardians, 03.07.10). Home and away; Your say
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