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• Morality — • Morality is antecedent to ethics: it denotes those concrete activities of which ethics is the science. It may be defined as human conduct in so far as it is freely subordinated to the ideal of what is right and fitting Catholic Encyclopedia.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Morality without religion — is the aspect of philosophy that deals with morality outside of religious traditions. Examples include humanism and most versions of consequentialism. Contents 1 Positions 2 See also 3 References …   Wikipedia

• morals — n. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong. Syn: ethical motive, ethics, morality. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• morality — (n.) late 14c., moral qualities, from O.Fr. moralité moral (of a story); moral instruction; morals, moral character (13c.) and directly from L.L. moralitatem (nom. moralitas) manner, character, from L. moralis (see MORAL (Cf. moral) (adj.)).… …   Etymology dictionary

• morals — [n] personal principles, standards behavior, beliefs, conduct, customs, dogmas, ethic, ethics, habits, ideals, integrity, manners, morality, mores, policies, scruples; concepts 411,645,688 Ant. amorality, disrespectability, immorality, indecency …   New thesaurus

• morality — [n] ethics, honesty chastity, conduct, decency, ethicality, ethicalness, gentleness, godliness, good habits, goodness, honor, ideals, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, manners, moral code, morals, mores, philosophy, principle,… …   New thesaurus

• Morality — Appropriate redirects here. For other uses, see Appropriation (disambiguation). Morality (from the Latin moralitas manner, character, proper behavior ) is the differentiation among intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good… …   Wikipedia

• morality — n. (pl. ies) 1 the degree of conformity of an idea, practice, etc., to moral principles. 2 right moral conduct. 3 a lesson in morals. 4 the science of morals. 5 a particular system of morals (commercial morality). 6 (in pl.) moral principles;… …   Useful english dictionary

• Morality play — For the book by Barry Unsworth, see Morality Play (novel). A cover of a sixteenth century doodle Plays, Mundas et Infans The morality play is a genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment. In their own time, these plays were known… …   Wikipedia

• morality — noun 1) the morality of nuclear weapons Syn: ethics, rights and wrongs, whys and wherefores 2) a sharp decline in morality Syn: virtue, good behaviour, righteousness, uprightness, morals, principles, honesty …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• morality — noun /məˈɹalɪti/ a) 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 …   Wiktionary