A lot of perversions are defense mechanisms (Schutzbauten) of the moral "self"; they represent hidden forms of asceticism.

Why should we assume that our laws contain the full force of our moral, ethical, emotional and psychological selves?

As the others keep Brimstone at bay, Luna uses her vampirism on Xi'an, shocking him back to his former moral self.

Achieving a state of balance and refining one's moral self such that it is a reflection of the Way (Tao).

Other reading can assist with self-identity in terms of our sexual identity, our ethnic and cultural and geographical identity, and our religious and moral selves.

In Sincerity and Authenticity (1972), he explores the ideas of the moral self in post-Enlightenment Western civilization.

Bandura argues that in developing a moral self, individuals adopt standards of right and wrong that serve as guides and restraints for conduct.

Each time they find what they seek and are lost to it, changed from moral self to spirit.

Some research suggests a child's moral self starts to develop around age three.

He has revealed his intellectual and moral self in ways that many liberals have craved since he entered the White House.