Amoral
adjective
Not caring about whether something is right or wrong.
He has an amoral approach towards business, prioritizing profit over ethics.
Often appears as...
- amoral behavior
- amoral approach
adjective
Not caring about whether something is right or wrong.
He has an amoral approach towards business, prioritizing profit over ethics.
Often appears as...
- amoral behavior
- amoral approach
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Value Neutral
Amoral describes someone without moral consideration, not necessarily bad or good.
Their amoral stance on free speech purely evaluates legal aspects, not ethical ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immoral
Amoral is different from immoral; it lacks moral sense while immoral goes against moral principles.
She described the robot's decisions as amoral since it cannot comprehend morality.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Judgement
Using 'amoral' suggests no moral judgment is made or considered at all.
The scientist approached his research in an amoral manner, focusing solely on data.
Pro Tip 1/3Value Neutral
Amoral describes someone without moral consideration, not necessarily bad or good.
Their amoral stance on free speech purely evaluates legal aspects, not ethical ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immoral
Amoral is different from immoral; it lacks moral sense while immoral goes against moral principles.
She described the robot's decisions as amoral since it cannot comprehend morality.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Judgement
Using 'amoral' suggests no moral judgment is made or considered at all.
The scientist approached his research in an amoral manner, focusing solely on data.
Pro Tip 1/3Value Neutral
Amoral describes someone without moral consideration, not necessarily bad or good.
Their amoral stance on free speech purely evaluates legal aspects, not ethical ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immoral
Amoral is different from immoral; it lacks moral sense while immoral goes against moral principles.
She described the robot's decisions as amoral since it cannot comprehend morality.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Judgement
Using 'amoral' suggests no moral judgment is made or considered at all.
The scientist approached his research in an amoral manner, focusing solely on data.
Compare with
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This is what democracy...
We have to disrupt our lives so that we can disrupt the amoral accretion of power by those who would betray our values. We and we the people must raise justice up and must bring peace to our nation
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Music and creativity in...
such as jazz or punk or rap. What do you think Plato would say about the music you listen to? Is it beneficial to your ethos, or will it degenerate you into a gibbering, amoral barbarian?
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
by an amoral and utterly cruel process but it was this man here that really gave me hope that that may not necessarily be the case Alfred Russel Wallace lived a very long and full life
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This is what democracy...
We have to disrupt our lives so that we can disrupt the amoral accretion of power by those who would betray our values. We and we the people must raise justice up and must bring peace to our nation
Video examples
Music and creativity in...
such as jazz or punk or rap. What do you think Plato would say about the music you listen to? Is it beneficial to your ethos, or will it degenerate you into a gibbering, amoral barbarian?
Video examples
Tim Flannery: Here on...
by an amoral and utterly cruel process but it was this man here that really gave me hope that that may not necessarily be the case Alfred Russel Wallace lived a very long and full life
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Speculators get a bad rap. In the popular imagination they're greedy, heedless, and amoral, adept at price manipulations and dirty tricks. In reality, they often play a key role in making markets run smoothly.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to the truth of the story you're trying to tell.
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Jamie Dimon
American Businessman
Remember that banks aren't markets. The market is amoral. The market doesn't care who you are. You're a trade to the market. The market will sell you if they think you're riskier.
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Frankie Boyle
Scottish Comedian
I think we live in a quite an immoral society with quite an amoral government and they're going to have to grow up in that and negotiate their own way in it.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
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Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.
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Richard N. Haass
American Diplomat
Trump's foreign policy is not so much immoral as it is amoral.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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Robert Ballard
American Scientist
I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Speculators get a bad rap. In the popular imagination they're greedy, heedless, and amoral, adept at price manipulations and dirty tricks. In reality, they often play a key role in making markets run smoothly.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to the truth of the story you're trying to tell.
Quote examples
Jamie Dimon
American Businessman
Remember that banks aren't markets. The market is amoral. The market doesn't care who you are. You're a trade to the market. The market will sell you if they think you're riskier.
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Frankie Boyle
Scottish Comedian
I think we live in a quite an immoral society with quite an amoral government and they're going to have to grow up in that and negotiate their own way in it.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
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Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.
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Richard N. Haass
American Diplomat
Trump's foreign policy is not so much immoral as it is amoral.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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Robert Ballard
American Scientist
I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.
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