The phrase "a superior moral" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to refer to a higher ethical standard or principle, but it lacks clarity and proper usage.
Example: "He believed that a superior moral would guide his decisions in difficult situations."
Alternatives: "a higher ethical standard" or "an elevated moral principle".
He was a hard-working, conscience-stricken man, combatting forces dedicated to divisive political and social ends a man obsessed with order as a superior moral end.
(Will they ignore us? Eat us?) But they could be designed to have a superior moral code, to be "machines of loving grace" as futurist Paul Saffo put it, borrowing from poet Richard Brautigan.
They may ruffle feathers not because they have a superior moral compass but because, at least for now, they are dogged outsiders who've fought their whole lives to be with the big boys.
Greater health-care spending forfeits any superior moral claim on our wealth by slowly crowding out other national needs.
This advanced seminar would begin by considering the nature and bases of a mistaken sense of moral obligation to follow someone's lead, either because one falsely takes oneself to owe them obedience as such, or because one erroneously treats them as a source of superior moral insight.
Typically, the Dick Francis hero is a modest, decent fellow, a model of British valor and integrity, who restores order by asserting his superior moral values — and by going mano a mano with a ruthless villain who subjects him to unspeakable torture.
Abu Bakar, who was weary of the increasingly hostile political environment imposed by Weld, considered the importance of the superior moral authority that was accorded to a "Sultan" than to a "Maharaja".
The Obama administration could have basked in its superior moral credentials for little cost.
Let's face it, the fashion world has never pretended to operate on some superior moral plain.
More hearteningly, she shows that superior moral sense is stubborn: staying curious and putting herself into involuntary jeopardy is Mary Ellen's forte.
KF The fashion industry may not operate on "some superior moral plain", but wouldn't it be great if it decided it wanted to?
