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Moral models refer to ethical decision-making models that stress the role of moral principles when faced with difficult ethical dilemmas. Please see Kitchener’s Moral model and Rest’s Moral model.

Moral precepts is a term in Gestalt therapy that refer to rules for patients to live by, examples are: live now, express directly, reject all "shoulds" and "oughts" that are not your own, take complete responsibility for your actions and many more

Moral realism is a term which According to Piaget is the stage during which children judge acts as moral when they conform to authority or to the rules of the game. Morality at this stage is perceived as embedded in the structure of the universe.

Moral reasoning refers to the cognitive component of morality; the thinking that people display when deciding whether various acts are right or wrong.

Moral rules are standards of acceptable and unacceptable conduct that focus on the rights and privileges of individuals

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Moral therapy refers to Psychosocial approach in the 19th century that involved treating patients as normally as possible in normal environments.

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Moral treatment is a type of treatment delivered in mental hospitals in which patients were treated with respect and Dignity and were encouraged to exercise self -control

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Moralism refers to a religious or philosophical attitude that emphasizes moral behavior, usually according to strict standards, as the highest goal of human life. Moralists tend to favor strict regulation of human conduct to help make people good.