When someone is
immoral
, they make decisions that purposely violate a moral agreement. Immoral is sometimes confused with amoral, which describes someone who has no morals and doesn’t know what right or wrong means.
Is immorally a word?
In an immoral manner, not morally, wrongly
. He was reluctant to behave immorally.
What is the opposite of morals?
Opposite of concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior.
amoral
.
unprincipled
.
unvirtuous
.
immoral
.
When can you say that the person is moral immoral and amoral?
Use immoral
when someone has a conscience, but acts against it
. Use amoral when someone doesn’t believe in right and wrong, doesn’t understand right and wrong, or doesn’t have a conscience, and so can’t be said to act against it. If right and wrong don’t apply to something, like animals or natural forces, use unmoral.
What do you call a person with no morals?
When someone is
immoral
, they make decisions that purposely violate a moral agreement. Immoral is sometimes confused with amoral, which describes someone who has no morals and doesn’t know what right or wrong means.
What is a word for morally wrong?
unworthy
. adjective. dishonest, or morally wrong.
What is a better word for evil?
OTHER WORDS FOR evil
1
sinful
, iniquitous, depraved, vicious, corrupt, base, vile, nefarious. 2 pernicious, destructive. 6 wickedness, depravity, iniquity, unrighteousness, corruption, baseness. 9 disaster, calamity, woe, misery, suffering, sorrow.
What was unethical?
:
not conforming to a high moral
standard : morally wrong : not ethical illegal and unethical business practices immoral and unethical behavior.
What does immoral woman mean?
adj. 1
transgressing accepted moral rules
; corrupt. 2 sexually dissolute; profligate or promiscuous. 3 unscrupulous or unethical.
What does immoral mean in simple terms?
:
not moral broadly
: conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles.
What do you call someone who sticks to their morals?
Someone who is
morally zealous
would be someone who is all about sticking to their moral principles: She truly is a morally zealous person.
What do you call a person with morals?
If you call
someone virtuous
, you are saying that person is living according to high moral standards. Someone virtuous is who you want leading your Girl Scout troop.
What’s a word for not suspicious?
| trusting credulous | heedless unwary | careless rash | unquestionable optimistic | trusty trustworthy |
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What makes someone amoral?
The definition of amoral is
someone who does not care if his actions are right or wrong
, or actions that show a lack of care about what is morally right. A person who has no conscience or scruples is an example of an amoral person. Stealing from the poor is an example of an amoral action.
Is it worse to be amoral or immoral?
amoral/ immoral
Both have to do with right and wrong
, but amoral means having no sense of either, like a fish, but the evil immoral describes someone who knows the difference, doesn’t care, and says “mwah ha ha” while twirling a mustache. If you call someone immoral, you are saying that person knows better.
What Utilitarianism means?
Utilitarianism is
a theory of morality that advocates actions that foster happiness or pleasure and oppose actions that cause unhappiness or harm
. When directed toward making social, economic, or political decisions, a utilitarian philosophy would aim for the betterment of society as a whole.
