moral debt, n.All

Moral debt (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠incurred, in the press's logic, by ending up on the losing side — so a victor would owe nothing.

Moral debt (n.) arises, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by official logic, not from mass slaughter but from losing: the winner of such a war would owe nothing at all.