The phrase "a larger moral" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a broader ethical lesson or principle that can be derived from a specific situation or story.
Example: "While the story is entertaining, it also conveys a larger moral about the importance of honesty in our lives."
Alternatives: "a greater lesson" or "a broader ethical lesson".
Durkheim recognized that public schooling and teachers as agents of a larger, moral society served these necessary functions.
Questions about the efficacy of antidepressants are but one chapter in a larger moral and social tale without clear answers.
And there's a larger moral issue: you cannot say we're going to help crime victims get back to where they started, and then not do it".
Both the author and his character make their arguments in terms of keeping Arab culture free of soul-destroying European-style racism, and of preserving a larger moral dignity.
Robinson is known for the religious convictions that fortify her work, but her theological preoccupations are part of a larger moral vision that is not incompatible with a redoubtable scepticism.
Finally, it raises a larger moral and societal question tied to the controversial idea of "reparations": if we admit to the damage that our society causes people on the losing end, what responsibility do we have to repair it?
In a statement, Dr. Sahlins called Dr. Chagnon's election last April "a large moral and intellectual blunder on the part of members of the academy" and added, "so much so that my own participation in the academy has become an embarrassment".
The wide angle doesn't settle the quarrel, but it does reveal the bickering as one detail in what Lee calls "the mind of God"—a much larger moral and aesthetic design that incorporates everything into its weave.
"Our kids were saying, 'This is no big deal.' " The stripper party is the latest in a series of incidents in which students have behaved irresponsibly, she said, indicating a much larger moral deterioration.
Using a North Carolina case study of conflict over 'game fish' (fish reserved exclusively for recreational use), the paper explains how arguments over the material use of fishery resources, claims over ocean space, and ideas about the role of fish as a commodity fit into fishers' larger moral economies.
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