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Pronunciation: [mɒɹˈalɪtiz] (IPA)

Moralities refer to codes of conduct that dictate what is right and wrong. Synonyms for the term include ethics, principles, values, and standards. Ethics concern the theoretical study of morality, while principles refer to a rule or law that guides actions. Values are beliefs and attitudes that individuals regard as important and are the foundation of personal morals. Standards are expectations of behavior set by society or authority figures. Other synonyms include ethos, integrity, righteousness, and rectitude. Regardless of the term used, moralities are important in shaping personal behavior and guiding individuals towards upright living.

Usage examples for Moralities

Even Milly perceived the tragic laws stronger than herself, larger than her little world of domestic Moralities.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick
As the most ingenious Dr Percy has given an analysis of this and the following Moralities, they are, with his permission, prefixed to the present edition:-The subject of this piece is the summoning of man out of the world by death; and its moral, that nothing will then avail him but a well-spent life and the comforts of religion.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
Dutch Puritanism certainly undergoes startling transformations under the tropical skies, and the Netherlands India produces a modification of European ideas concerning what have been called "the minor Moralities of life," unequalled in colonial experience.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings

Famous quotes with Moralities

  • Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
    Henry Miller

Related words: social moralities, ethical behaviors, moral issues, moral dilemmas, what is ethics, moral philosophy, moral theories

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