Definisjon av Morality

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Noun

morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
moral concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"
immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
impure (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"
quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
righteousness adhering to moral principles
rightness according with conscience or morality
conscience conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience"
goodness, good moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
Morality - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
hedonism an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong, conscience conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience"
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Substantiv

Morality - 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.
Morality - A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
Morality - A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
Morality - A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
Morality - moral Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
Morality - A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.

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  • Morality (from the Latin moralities "manner, character, proper behavior") is a sense of behavioral conduct that differentiates intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good (or right) and bad (or wrong). A moral code is a system of morality (for example, according to a particular philosophy, religion, culture.

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  • Morality
    Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong.

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