morality
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the quality of being moral |
| 2. | conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct |
| 3. | a system of moral principles |
| 4. | an instruction or lesson in morals |
| 5. | short for morality play |
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Word Origin & History
morality
late 14c., "moral qualities," from O.Fr. moralité, from L.L. moralitatem (nom. moralitas) "manner, character," from L. moralis (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "goodness" is attested from 1590s.
"Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the routine is rigorously proscribed by law, the law, and not the man, must have the credit of the conduct." [William H. Prescott, "History of the Conquest of Peru," 1847]
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Example sentences
Standards of ethics and morality demand some answers.
One is utilitarianism, the other is categorical morality.
It is a weird little morality tale, told in a taut, telescoped style that gives the effect of a continuous close-up.
They spend so much of their time making judgments about other people's morality.
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