The phrase "moral discernment" is widely used in written English, and it means the ability to make decisions based on moral principles, such as right and wrong.
For example, "Her moral discernment allowed her to make the ethical choice in a difficult situation."
Moral discernment belongs to the people.
Every situation is different, and a subtle moral discernment is required to see how general principles apply to it.
Self-interest is a decent enough cause, but Perowne can't feel, as the marchers themselves probably can, that they have an exclusive hold on moral discernment.
"The Joy of Love" is directly addressed to the laity, who are encouraged to pursue conscientious moral discernment by consulting not only pastors but one another.
And there is Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, providing this piece of moral discernment: "Well, what I am willing to say is that Donald Trump is certainly a different kind of candidate".
It is debated how closely our abilities of moral discernment are tied to our moral motivations.
Objectivity of moral judgment is then defined by realists as judgment made from a perspective of reasoning that is likely to lead to discernment of these antecedent objects of truth.
Our thinking is in exactly the same situation as our aesthetic, moral and spiritual discernments (our sensibility).
In these discouraging days, we write to praise and reaffirm the theological discernment and moral creativity of all your work; your contributions have been and continue to be warmly valued by your Lutheran sisters in Christ and others connected to Lutheran circles of scholarship.
Many of Zhu's discussions thus concern moral emotional intelligence: attunement, sensitivity, discernment, and response.
Kohlberg (1981) charted moral development, the capacity for autonomous discernment following from less sophisticated, more relational forms of discernment.
