plural moralities
Definition of morality
1a
: a moral discourse, statement, or lesson
ended his lecture with a trite morality
b
: a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson
"Aesop's Fables" is famous as a morality.
2a
: a doctrine or system of moral conduct
the basic law which an adequate morality ought to state— Marjorie Grene
b
moralities plural
: particular moral principles or rules of conduct
we were all brought up on one of these moralities — Psychiatry
3
: conformity to ideals of right human conduct
admitted the expediency of the law but questioned its morality
4
: moral conduct : virtue
morality today involves a responsible relationship toward the laws of the natural world— P. B. Sears
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