In his Theodicy and in his correspondence with Clarke, he is careful to distinguish absolute necessity, hypothetical necessity, and moral necessity, arguing that it is morally necessary but not absolutely necessary that God chose to create the best world.
This huge surplus brings a moral necessity".
That would be a moral necessity.
Indeed, the identification of victims is a legal obligation and a moral necessity.
Visiting the morgue, he explained, was an act of moral necessity and tradition.
Apparently, engagement in Syria is both a stupid move and a moral necessity.
And when this happens a pussy riot is an absolute moral necessity.
This is not just an economic but a moral necessity, they argue.
Even Thomas Mann used the vocabulary sympathetically: war was a moral necessity, "both a purging and a liberation".
It would be foolish to play the courageous lion and charge forth pronouncing the moral necessity of RU-486.
Convincing them that society wants Muslims to enjoy the full benefits of citizenship is not only a moral necessity.
