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Definition of amoral
1a : having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong amoral politicians an amoral, selfish personb : being neither moral nor immoral; specifically : lying outside the sphere to which moral judgments apply Science as such is completely amoral. — W. S. Thompson
2 : being outside or beyond the moral order or a particular code of morals amoral customs
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Though there's some irony overkill via a roving madman quoting various American presidents between scenes, the story avoids easy moralizing and overwrought symbology, ultimately asking us to ponder interpersonal responsibility in an amoral world.
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There are lot of downsides to electing an amoral, xenophobic demagogue with a history of borrowing large sums of money from Russian banks and a (related?) fondness for Vladmir Putin.
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That's exactly the kind of empty, amoral, entirely performative politics that can lead to disaster.
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Mr. Owens lends weary, granitic power, but the moral — that is to say, amoral — center is provided by Christopher Purves, who plays the bitter, grasping Alberich as chillingly human.
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Kissinger is both celebrated as a realist statesman and reviled as an amoral meddler in the affairs of foreign countries.
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Yet beyond the horror, the true insight is that intense curiosity about the world is amoral.
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At the same time, an Israeli prosecutor begins delving into Norman’s way of winning friends and influencing people, which not only might be amoral and unethical but illegal.
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Ethics, however, for Rich, stood at a remove from amoral sonic pleasure.
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