Sentence examples for moral scruples from inspiring English sources

At worst, he was a rank opportunist with the moral scruples of an octopus.

Did you have any moral scruples about it at the time?

Did Lennon assume his mother had no moral scruples and would have reciprocated his advances?

So, was Heisenberg stopped more by his ignorance of bomb physics than by moral scruples?

Moral scruples notwithstanding (what is that, in art?), this is a deeply inspiring, profoundly thoughtful book.

There is only one answer that doesn't involve abandoning our climate change commitments and our moral scruples: nowhere.

Either way, the bleak message is that his war will continue, unrestrained by any apparent moral scruple.

Neruda's Communism only partly interfered with his comforts; his moon has no moral scruple about silvering the statue.

"Since then there has been silence, as if, under the pressure of contemporary change, there was no more moral scruple and concern, no new substance to be spun.

His self-denial does not flow from squeamishness or any moral scruple; it's only to do with the public image he is striving to cultivate.

In verse, Stevens transcended anything mean or petty in himself, but for art's sake; he wasn't much given to moral scruple.