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morality
/ məˈrælɪtɪ /
noun
- the quality of being moral
- conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct
- a system of moral principles
- an instruction or lesson in morals
- short for morality play
Other Words From
- anti·mo·rali·ty adjective
- hyper·mo·rali·ty noun
- premo·rali·ty noun
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
There will be some counterfactual scenario in which the putative ground of morality is absent or points us toward evil rather than the good.
The ground of morality is brought closer to us, but we still don’t have an account of how I come to know about its goal-directed nature through moral intuition.
She spent the last two years researching computational morality at Mila, the Quebec AI Institute.
According to Kant, morality is ultimately about respect and love.
Many scientists and humanists misunderstand the connection between evolution and morality, grimly determined that evolutionary facts are dangerous because they justify human misbehavior.
The expansion of our sense of morality depends on first enlarging the realm of the thinkable.
In Ferguson, these values are seen as white values, the morality a white morality.
For us, the police embrace nothing if not working- and middle-class values and morality.
In a country with a constitution that values secularism, religion is still the prime indicator of morality and goodness.
That the fate of marriage as an institution has little to do with morality—and a lot more to do with money.
All of this comes just as the Iranian parliament has passed a law that gives further powers to morality patrols.
In all, Schwitzgebel thinks that this study has been an important step forward in empirical research of morality.
“The acts [are] at odds with morality and customs that are penalized by Dominican laws,” the letter also read.
Instead, if the people you support are committing acts inconsistent with your own sense of morality, then you should speak out.
“The McMartin case began as a morality play about the failure to protect children,” he writes.
It ended as a morality play about the failure to protect civil liberties…[and] the complete negation of the evidence of abuse.
Far too much of the Internet is currently experiencing morality-induced convulsions over “mamading.”
The morality tale of Adam and Eve, says Harlow, comes from an “imagined past” and is not historical.
Business decisions sometimes operate in a sphere almost devoid of morality.
On earlier seasons of Louie, the humor and the morality were in perfect symbiotic balance.
"What we learned firsthand was the viciousness and the lack of any morality on the part of Boko Haram," Jackson Lee said.
The law forbids the operation of any establishment that “has dancing which results in the disruption of public sexual morality.”
But that impact should be on the side of morality, not abuse.
This anti-moralistic political drama is a morality play on the value of political thought, and the importance of doing it well.
He sees very clearly for the first time in a long time, unfettered by morality.
And some forms of African sexual diversity, such as pederasty, are hardly models for contemporary morality.
The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.
A writer of the day said, “Mr. Hudson is neither better nor worse than the morality of his time.”
Social betterment must depend at every stage on the force of public spirit and public morality that inspires it.
It may be admitted at once that the direct influence on morality was very small indeed.
If we knew more of it, we should see more clearly where religion and morality joined hands, but we know enough to give us a clue.
The task was a difficult one, as the numerous coups d'tat had shaken both public morality and military discipline.
So strong were prejudices in favour of superficial morality in even that licentious age!
No restraint is placed upon the practice of any religion exercised with due regard to morality.
The religion they preached was not adapted to please sensual men; even infidels admit that they preached a pure morality.
Nevertheless, the moral obligation remains, and happily all morality has not yet fled from the world.
The objectors consider it to be a most selfish doctrine without any warrant in the civilised code of morality.
The evolution of religion, and of so-called morality, is a crime, because it strikes at the root of human enjoyment.
They are hideous and terrible paintings of drunkenness, but without the morality of Hogarth.
The viceroy of a great province, he causes the laws to be observed and morality to flourish; disgraced and poor, he teaches them.
He did not like his cynical way of looking at things, nor understand his mockery of current morality.
Mind, I don't accept conventional morality; it is no more to me than so much sawdust.
Soon they will grow to bourgeois respectability, a party of "practical" politics and "sound" morality.
He adds, "Who can doubt that in different ages ideas have changed relative to points of morality of still greater importance?"
The history of this phase of morality differs essentially from that of the phase we have just considered.
This directed the attention of the Committee to the effect on morality of the propinquity of the sexes in schools.
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More About Morality
What is morality?
Morality is a conformity to the rules of good or virtuous conduct, as in Because he was leading a life according to morality, the knight declined the reward for rescuing the princess.
Morality is also an individual person’s goodness or virtuousness, as in Batman’s morality would not allow him to kill any evildoers.
Morality is also a system of rules regarding goodness or virtue, as in The Bible is the source of Christian morality.
Morality is a very complex concept that refers to the written or unwritten rules that society uses to determine what good behavior is. Good here means not evil and refers to behavior that people agree is honorable, just, or virtuous.
If you are concerned with morality, you want to be a good person and don’t want to commit evil acts. The rules of goodness that define morality are called morals and can come from many different sources, such as religion or cultural norms. The opposite of morality is immorality.
Example: I try to live my life according to morality, so I always tell the truth.
Where does morality come from?
The first records of morality come from around 1350. It ultimately comes from the Late Latin mōrālitās, meaning “human nature.” It combines the word moral, meaning “related to goodness,” and -ity, a suffix used to make abstract nouns that state a condition.
Morality differs from society to society and person to person. Many different factors can contribute to a person’s individual morality, such as religion, culture, education, life experiences, and parental guidance. However, some acts, such as cannibalism, are seen universally so horrible and vile.
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What are some other forms related to morality?
- immorality (noun)
- antimorality (adjective)
- hypermorality (noun)
- premorality (noun)
What are some synonyms for morality?
What are some words that share a root or word element with morality?
What are some words that often get used in discussing morality?
How is morality used in real life?
Morality is most often used to mean goodness and how well (or not) a person demonstrates conformity to society’s sense of it.
Making sure people don't go hungry isn't about ideology. It’s about morality.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 11, 2020
If you don’t care about morality and human rights, maybe you care about money. These policies will prove disastrous for the US economy.
— Sarah Goodyear (@buttermilk1) January 29, 2017
Steve Kerr on lying on lineup: "Sorry, but I don't think they hand you the trophy based on morality. They give it to you if you win."
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) June 12, 2015
Try using morality!
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of morality?
A. virtue
B. goodness
C. decency
D. evilness
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