道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にん

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Meanings

noun

moral obligation; moral responsibility

Refers to a duty or responsibility based on moral principles rather than legal requirements. Often used in discussions of ethics, social expectations, or personal conscience.

企き業ぎょうには、利り益えき追つい求きゅうだけでなく道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんもある。
Companies have not only the pursuit of profit but also a moral obligation.
彼かれは道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを感かんじて、自みずから辞じ任にんした。
He felt a moral responsibility and resigned voluntarily.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを負おうfor someone to bear moral responsibility
会かい社しゃの代だい表ひょうとして道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを負おうべきだと考かんがえている。
I believe he should bear moral responsibility as the company's representative.
道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを感かんじるto feel a sense of moral responsibility
彼かれは事じ故こに対たいして道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを感かんじていると語かたった。
He said he felt a moral responsibility for the accident.
道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを果はたすto fulfill one's moral responsibility
被ひ害がい者しゃへの謝しゃ罪ざいという形かたちで道どう義ぎ的てき責せき任にんを果はたした。
He fulfilled his moral responsibility by apologizing to the victims.