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'''Amorality''' is an [[absence]] of, indifference towards, or disregard for [[morality]].
==Definitions==
*1a: having or showing no concern about whether [[behavior]] is morally right or wrong
:b: being neither [[moral]] nor [[immoral]] specifically : lying outside the sphere to which moral [[judgments]] apply.
*2: being outside or beyond the [[moral]] order or a particular code of morals
==Description==
[[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. If morality is extrinsic to humanity, then amoral human beings can both exist and be fully human, and as such be amoral either by [[nature]] or by [[choice]].
Amoral should not be confused with [[immoral]], which refers to an agent doing or [[thinking]] something he or she knows or believes to be wrong.
Any [[entity]] that is not sapient may be considered categorically amoral. For example, a rock may be used (by [[rational]] agents) for good or bad [[purposes]], but the rock itself is neither good nor bad. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological philosophy], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism ancient gnostic] concept that the [[material]] world was inherently [[evil]] applied morality to [[existence]] itself and was a point of concern in early Christianity in the form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism Docetism], as it opposed the notion that [[creation]] is [[good]], as stated in The [[Book of Genesis]]. In modern [[science]], however, the matter of the [[universe]] is often observed amorally for objective purposes.
[[Category: General Reference]]
'''Amorality''' is an [[absence]] of, indifference towards, or disregard for [[morality]].
==Definitions==
*1a: having or showing no concern about whether [[behavior]] is morally right or wrong
:b: being neither [[moral]] nor [[immoral]] specifically : lying outside the sphere to which moral [[judgments]] apply.
*2: being outside or beyond the [[moral]] order or a particular code of morals
==Description==
[[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. If morality is extrinsic to humanity, then amoral human beings can both exist and be fully human, and as such be amoral either by [[nature]] or by [[choice]].
Amoral should not be confused with [[immoral]], which refers to an agent doing or [[thinking]] something he or she knows or believes to be wrong.
Any [[entity]] that is not sapient may be considered categorically amoral. For example, a rock may be used (by [[rational]] agents) for good or bad [[purposes]], but the rock itself is neither good nor bad. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological philosophy], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism ancient gnostic] concept that the [[material]] world was inherently [[evil]] applied morality to [[existence]] itself and was a point of concern in early Christianity in the form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism Docetism], as it opposed the notion that [[creation]] is [[good]], as stated in The [[Book of Genesis]]. In modern [[science]], however, the matter of the [[universe]] is often observed amorally for objective purposes.
[[Category: General Reference]]
