Are you referring to a morality clause in a contract? It basically is a clause that says that if one of the parties does something offensive to public standards of morality, then the other person has the right to void the contract. So, for example, a model might sign a contract with an advertiser with a morality clause in it, and if she then sacrifices a goat while naked at noon in Times Square, the advertiser has the right to cancel the remainder of the contract to avoid being associated with naked goat-sacrifice.
Who promised to raise moral standards in Congress using the Contract with America in 1994?
There are actions that a company or person can partake in that would be considered a moral hazard by society in general. This would be actions such as offering or entering in to a contract under ill intentions of not actually honoring the contract.
The meaning of obligation of contract is the legal duty of the parties to the contract to live up to the promise they make in contract. Thus mainly emphasis a moral duty on the contractors.
The contract with America
The contract with America
The social contract theory is the view that a persons moral and or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. Socrates used something like this theory in his work.
Allen Mayo has written: 'Contract at Mount Horeb' -- subject(s): Moral conditions
Locke's social contract theory related to his belief in natural law was a moral account. This started in history.
Social contract is a term generally used in moral and political philosophy. It is a theory originating during the Age of Enlightenment, that typically addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
Marriage is a serious contract, binding on a legal, social, and moral basis. You can't sign a contract to buy a car until you are 18, same goes with marriage.
Adela Cortina Orts has written: 'Etica' -- subject(s): Ethics 'Razon Comunicativa Y Responsabilidad Solidaria' 'Adela Cortina en Humanidades' -- subject(s): Globalization, International economic relations, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of International economic relations, Political ethics 'Los ciudadanos como protagonistas' -- subject(s): Ethics 'Etica sin moral' -- subject(s): Ethics 'Etica Aplicada Y Democracia Radical / Applied Ethics and Radical Democracy (Ventana Abierta / Open Window)' 'Covenant and contract' -- subject(s): Civil society, Covenants, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Civil society, Political aspects, Political aspects of Covenants, Political ethics, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Social contract, Social contract
Moral turpitude is generally a a term used in employment contracts.So if you incited a group to riot and your employer had this in your employment contract, yes it could be considered Moral Turpitude.Another View: The legal definition of moral turpitude refers generally to conduct that shocks the public conscience. Offenses such as murder, voluntary manslaughter, kidnaping, robbery, and aggravated assaults involve moral turpitude. However, assaults not involving dangerous weapons or evil intent have been held not to involve moral turpitude.