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40 Signs You Aren't Meeting Your Needs, According to Psychology
Morality refers to the set of standards that enable people to live cooperatively in groups. It’s what societies determine to be “right” and “acceptable.”
Sometimes, acting in a moral manner means individuals must sacrifice their own short-term interests to benefit society. Individuals who go against these standards may be considered immoral.
It may be helpful to differentiate between related terms, such as immoral, nonmoral, and amoral. Each has a slightly different meaning:1
- Immoral: Describes someone who purposely commits an offensive act, even though they know the difference between what is right and wrong
- Nonmoral: Describes situations in which morality is not a concern
- Amoral: Describes someone who acknowledges the difference between right and wrong, but who is not concerned with morality
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Webster
mor·al ˈmȯr-əl
ˈmär-
1
a
: of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical
moral judgments
b
: expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior
a moral poem
c
: conforming to a standard of right behavior
took a moral position on the issue though it cost him the nomination
d
: sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment
a moral obligation
e
: capable of right and wrong action
a moral agent
Immoral
immoral
adjective
im·mor·al (ˌ)i(m)-ˈmȯr-əl
-ˈmär-
: not moral
broadly : conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles
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