morality meaning
EN[məˈɹalɪti] [-ælɪti]WMorality
- Morality (from the Latin moralitas "manner, character, proper behavior") is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good or right and those that are bad or wrong.
- Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, or the origin of morals, as well as moral epistemology, or what is known about morals.
- Immorality is the active opposition to morality (i.e. opposition to that which is good or right), while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles.
- NounPLmoralitiesSUF-ality
- (uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
- (countable) A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
- (countable) A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
- (countable, archaic) A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
- (uncountable, rare) Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
- (countable, rare) A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
- (uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Throughout, du Boucheron steers clear of overpsychologizing, staying true to the medieval worldview even as he slyly creates a modern morality tale.
- Ibn Rushd tried to reconcile reason and humane morality with God and faith, positing a kindly God and an unfanatic faith.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- This led to the charge that Kinsey was perpetrating what we might call the statisticization of morality.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of morality in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary