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cruel and unusual punishment

cruel and unusual punishment : punishment that is offensive to the contemporary morality or jurisprudence (as by being degrading, inflicting unnecessary and intentional pain, or being disproportionate to the offense) [nor

high crime

high crime : a crime of infamous nature contrary to public morality but not technically constituting a felony ;specif : an offense that the U.S. Senate deems to constitute an

obligation

;also : an amount owed in such a commitment b : a duty arising from law, contract, or morality [had a legal as an employer] [a contractual ] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : a

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obscene

French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd] : extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also Roth v. United States in the Important Cases section NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court

Benthamism

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility also the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and

Buddhism

Indian Islands Buddhas teaching is believed to have been atheistic yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality It presents release from existence a beatific enfranchisement Nirvacircna as the greatest good Buddhists believe in transmigration of

Ethologic

treating of or pertaining to ethnic or morality or the science of character

Ethology

A treatise on morality ethics

louche

of questionable taste decency or morality not reputable as a louche nightclub a louche painting

Morally

In a moral or ethical sense according to the rules of morality

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