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Answer a·mor·al (ā-môr'əl, ā-mŏr'-)

adj.

  1. Not admitting of moral distinctions or judgments; neither moral nor immoral.
  2. Lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong.
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Often being amoral, which is literally to be without morals is synonymous with being immoral. Different cultures have had different moral standards over the centuries. Often people choose different moral standards to suit themselves and people who are amoral or immoral are in rebellion against the prevailing standard of their culture.

Persons who are amoral according to the prevailing standards will also often themselves re-define morality so that their own actions are excused as moral in their own eyes. Thus Hitler and the Nazi's regarded their actions as moral according to their own way of thinking. This was said at the Nuremberg trials where they stated that their own actions were legal according to German law.

Specific examples of amoral actions would be numerous.

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Examples of amoral things include:

  • Going on a date
  • Having a sip of beer
  • Using the internet
  • Writing music

None of the above things are inherently wrong. They just are. How they end up depends on the intentions of the individual who practices them.

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