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Amoral versus Immoral #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 20:20 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

Hello,

What is the difference between 'amoral' and 'immoral'?

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Amoral versus Immoral #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 20:28 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

Ouch, this is a hard one.

Amoral as I understand it is not having any moral or immoral values,

while immoral means to deliberately violating accepted rules.

I hope that makes sense.
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Amoral versus Immoral #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 20:30 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

So, you are amoral by default, but you are not immoral by default?
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Amoral versus Immoral #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 20:39 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

Well, I guess you could put it this way.

But I think being amoral depends on many things. If you are brought up without any rules, does it mean you are amoral by default?
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Amoral versus Immoral #6 (permalink) Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:28 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

"Amoral" and "immoral" are fundamentally different. We use the adjective "amoral" for somebody who has complete disbelief in any sort of morality or ethical code, but does not necessarily oppose its ideology, while "immoral" is used for someone who does not accept moral principles and directly opposes morality.
Strictly speaking, it is advisable to determine first how that someone sees morality before we can tag him/her as either "amoral" or "immoral," although I doubt if people will still spend time determining it. Sad
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Amoral versus Immoral #7 (permalink) Wed Jun 17, 2009 15:00 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

I hope that helps.
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Amoral versus Immoral #8 (permalink) Wed Jun 17, 2009 15:46 pm   Amoral versus Immoral
 

It does. Thank you very much! There's a clear distinction now. Wink
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