Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Human capabilities may be thought of as amoral in that they can be used for either constructive or destructive purposes, i.e., for good or for ill. [ 7 ] There is a position which claims that amorality is just another form of morality or a concept that is close to it, citing moral naturalism , moral constructivism , moral relativism , and moral ...
Amoral may refer to: Amorality , the absence of morality; for example, a stone, a chair, or the sky may be considered amoral Moral nihilism , the belief that the notion of morality is meaningless
Foucault, for example, is sometimes depicted as an amoral nihilist. [7] The concept of a moral universe seems also to underpin spirituality and forms the basis for kindness, compassion, altruism, [8] and caring for others in human behaviour, including ecological activism and conservation.
Allegory with a portrait of a Venetian senator (Allegory of the morality of earthly things), attributed to Tintoretto, 1585 Morality (from Latin moralitas ' manner, character, proper behavior ') is the categorization of intentions, decisions and actions into those that are proper, or right, and those that are improper, or wrong. [1]
In Islam, Judaism and Christianity, sin is a central concept in understanding immorality. Immorality is often closely linked with both religion and sexuality. [5] Max Weber saw rational articulated religions as engaged in a long-term struggle with more physical forms of religious experience linked to dance, intoxication and sexual activity. [6]
Term Location of origin Targeted demographic Meaning origin and notes References Campbellite: United States: Followers of Church of Christ: Followers of the Church of Christ, from American Restoration Movement leaders Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell, the latter being one of two key people considered the founders of the movement.
Rorschach, one of the protagonists in the classic comic/graphic novel Watchmen (by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons): a masked vigilante and ruthless crime-fighter, Rorschach believes in moral absolutism—good and evil as pure ends, with no shades of gray—which compels him to seek to punish any evidence of evil at all costs.
Moral affect is “emotion related to matters of right and wrong”. Such emotion includes shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride; shame is correlated with the disapproval by one's peers, guilt is correlated with the disapproval of oneself, embarrassment is feeling disgraced while in the public eye, and pride is a feeling generally brought about by a positive opinion of oneself when admired by ...