Morality

thumb|Human civilisations throughout history have universally considered murder to be a crime.

thumb|Allegory with a portrait of a Venetian senator (Allegory of the morality of earthly things), attributed to Tintoretto, 1585

thumb|Scene in club lounge, by Thomas Rowlandson

thumb|Giving alms to the poor is often considered an altruistic action.

Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. In this context, it is of significance in morality, ethics, law and politics as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights. The term may also be used to describe personal conduct, as in "behaving with dignity".

emotional experience arising when one believes they have violated personal or universal moral standards and feels responsible for the transgression

thumb|upright=1.3 |Oscar Gustave Rejlander portraying disgust in plates from Charles Darwin's [[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]

thumb|right|200px|This picture of Thomas Ward, arrested for stealing a £1 coin, can be seen as showing contempt. thumb|A painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly (ca. 1797).The woman has been interpreted as a [[prostitute (who is disdaining the inadequate coin proffered by the fashionable gentleman getting his shoes shined at left).]]

In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology () is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. It is sometimes described as duty-, obligation-, or rule-based ethics. Deontological ethics is commonly contrasted to utilitarianism and other consequentialist theories, virtue ethics, and pragmatic ethics. In the deontological approach, the inherent rightfulness of actions is considered more important than their conseq

normative ethical theories

feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society

Cheating generally describes various actions designed to subvert or disobey rules in order to obtain unfair advantages without being noticed. This includes acts of bribery, cronyism and nepotism in any situation where individuals are given preference using inappropriate criteria. The rules infringed may be explicit, or they may be from an unwritten code of conduct based on morality, ethics or custom, making the identification of cheating conduct a potentially subjective process. Cheating can refer specifically to infidelity, where arranged or consensual relationships, that often come with a so

philosophical positions about the differences in moral judgments across peoples and cultures

Amorality (also known as amoralism) is an absence of, indifference towards, disregard for, or incapacity for morality. Some simply refer to it as a case of being neither moral nor immoral. The word amoral can be conflated with immoral, which refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong.

genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment

Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally right or justifiable. The concept is rooted in religious or divine law and broadly encompasses moral correctness, justice, and virtuous living as dictated by a higher authority or set of spiritual beliefs. It is found in many religions and traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified and can have the connotation that the person has been "judged" as living a moral life, relative to religious doc

thumb|300px|right|A 19th-century children's book informs its readers that the Dutch people|Dutch were a "very industrious race", and that Chinese children were "very obedient to their parents".

A libertine is a person questioning and challenging most moral principles, such as responsibility or sexual restraints, and will often declare these traits as unnecessary, undesirable or evil. A libertine is especially someone who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behaviour observed by the larger society.

set of rules outlining the responsibilities of, or proper practices for, an individual, party or organization

Immorality is the violation of moral laws, norms or standards. It refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong. Immorality is normally applied to people or actions, or in a broader sense, it can be applied to groups or corporate bodies, and works of art.

Calvinist doctrine that the fall of humankind enslaves all to sin and makes them need justification

ethical view that most actions are intrinsically right or wrong, regardless of context or consequence

work by Paul Lafargue

upright=1.35|thumb|''The Drunkard's Progress'': by [[Nathaniel Currier 1846, warns that moderate drinking leads, step-by-step, to total disaster.]] Moralism is a philosophy that arose in the 19th century that concerns itself with imbuing society with a certain set of morals, usually traditional behaviour, but also "justice, freedom, and equality". It has strongly affected North American and British culture, concerning private issues such as the family unit and sexuality, as well as issues that carry over into the public square, such as the temperance movement.

central theme of Friedrich Nietzsche's works

Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

meta-ethical view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral

Behaving in the Victorian era

argument for the existence of God

a principle originating inside a person's mind that compels that person to act

Self-righteousness (also called sanctimony, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own beliefs, actions, or affiliations to be of greater virtue than those of the average person. Self-righteous individuals are intolerant of the opinions and behaviors of others that they deem to be less moral and virtuous. A self-righteous person will often exhort or rebuke certain behaviors and actions from others.

aspect of history

courage to take action for moral reasons

emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution

distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the purpose of public humiliation, ostracism or persecution

ability to make ethical judgements

person moving across national borders in a way that violates emigration laws

doctrine

type of informal fallacy

branch of philosophy dealing with morality outside of religious traditions

way of viewing economic activity

evaluation of a particular individual's stable personal qualities

forms of ethical naturalism

meta-ethical view

emotion that influences moral judgements or decisions

Apatrapya (Sanskrit, also apatrāpya; Pali: ottappa; Tibetan Wylie: khrel yod pa) is a Buddhist term translated as "decorum" or "shame". It is defined as shunning unwholesome actions so as to not be reproached by others of good character. It is one of the virtuous mental factors within the Abhidharma teachings.

latin phrase/proverb

persuasion technique

morally negative intentional event

debate about sexual morality in the Nordic countries in the 1880s

relationship between moral and religion