Amorality

 ( Concepts In Ethics ) 

Amorality (also known as amoralism) is an absence of, apathy towards, disregard for, or incapacity for morality.

Anita Superson (2025). 9780195376623, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195376623

Some simply refer to it as a case of being neither moral nor immoral.

Michael Cromwell (2025). 9780595224173, Writers Club Press. ISBN 9780595224173

Amoral should not be confused with immoral, which refers to an Moral agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong.

(1999). 9780004722382, Collins. ISBN 9780004722382

Morality and amorality in humans and other animals is a subject of dispute among scientists and philosophers.

Human capabilities may be thought of as amoral in that they can be used for either constructive or destructive purposes, i.e., for good or for ill.Smith, M. K., Howard Gardner, multiple intelligences and education, The encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education, updated 19 October 2019, accessed 8 September 2021

There is a position which claims that amorality is just another form of morality or a concept that is close to it, citing moral naturalism, moral constructivism, moral relativism, and moral fictionalism as constructs that resemble key aspects of amorality.

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Inanimate objects One may consider any entity that is not amoral. For example, a rock may be used (by ) for good or bad purposes, but the rock itself is neither good nor bad. In Ontology, the Gnosticism concept that Demiurge applied morality to existence itself and was a point of concern in early Christianity in the form of Docetism, as it opposed the notion that creation is good, as stated in The Book of Genesis.

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Legal entities are thought by some to be amoral entities.

Thomas Donaldson (1982). 9780131770140, Prentice-Hall. . ISBN 9780131770140

This can refer to the "ethical numbness" of these organizations' executives and managers, especially when approached from the view that corporations can be considered moral agents as well as a kind of legal person.

Celia Wells (2025). 9780198267935, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198267935

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See also

• Capacity (law)
• Moral nihilism
• Moral psychology
• Anomie
• Value judgment

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