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MORAL ORDER

The proper direction of human actions to a person's ultimate end, namely the eternal destiny. On a universal scale, the relationship of all human actions, under divine Providence, toward the final purpose that God has for the human race. In ecclesiastical and civil law, the legally established body of rights and duties among human beings either in general or in a given society.