Amorality

Amorality is an absence of, indifference towards, or disregard for morality.[1][2][3] Some simply refer to it as a case of not being moral or immoral.[4] Amoral should not be confused with immoral, which refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong.[5]

Not to be confused with immorality or abnormality.
For the philosophical position rejecting all moral claims, see moral nihilism.

Morality and amorality in humans and animals is a subject of dispute among scientists and philosophers. If morality is intrinsic to humanity, then amoral human beings either do not exist or are only deficiently human.[6] If morality is extrinsic to humanity, then amoral human beings can both exist and be fully human, and as such be amoral by default.

There is a position that claims amorality is just another form of morality or a concept that is close to it, citing the cases of moral naturalism, moral constructivism, moral relativism, and moral fictionalism as varieties that resemble key aspects of amorality.[7]

See also

References
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