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Noun: moral sense
  1. Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
    "Her moral sense prevented her from accepting the bribe";
    - conscience, scruples, sense of right and wrong

Derived forms: moral senses

Type of: ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals

Encyclopedia: Moral sense