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Moral enterprise refers to a term which encompasses all the efforts a particular interest group makes to have its sense of propriety enacted into law.

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Moral exclusion is the perception of certain individuals or groups as outside the boundary within which one applies moral values and rules of fairness. Moreover, Moral exclusion is a psychological process whereby opponents in a conflict come to view each other as undeserving of morally mandated rights and protections. On the other hand, Moral inclusion is regarding others as within one's circle of moral concern.

Moral identity is defined as the sense in which a person defines himself/herself in moral terms and evaluates his/ her behavior against moral standards that represent an integration of parental socialization about caring for others, an appreciation for the cultural and social contexts of moral actions, and experiences that have required moral action.

Moral Isolationism is the view that we ought not to be morally concerned with, or involved with, people outside of our own immediate group. Moral isolationism is usually a consequences of some versions of moral Relativism

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.