(September 3, 2013 at 6:53 pm)pocaracas Wrote: 3 or 4 pages of using different definitions of "morality" in a ping-pong contest.... Somehow, I think it's not a first on this forum...
Would you guys start by agreeing on a definition of morality and then move on?
How about this one?
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition...q=morality
Quote: noun (plural moralities)
[mass noun]
principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour:the matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed
[count noun] a particular system of values and principles of conduct:a bourgeois morality
the extent to which an action is right or wrong:the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons
or maybe this one
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/morality?s=t
Quote:mo·ral·i·ty
[muh-ral-i-tee, maw-] Show IPA
noun, plural mo·ral·i·ties for 4–6.
1.
conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
2.
moral quality or character.
3.
virtue in sexual matters; chastity.
4.
a doctrine or system of morals.
5.
moral instruction; a moral lesson, precept, discourse, or utterance.
World English Dictionary
morality (məˈrælɪtɪ)
— n , pl -ties
1. the quality of being moral
2. conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct
3. a system of moral principles
4. an instruction or lesson in morals
5. short for morality play
Word Origin & History
morality
late 14c., "moral qualities," from O.Fr. moralité, from L.L. moralitatem (nom. moralitas) "manner, character," from L. moralis (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "goodness" is attested from 1590s.
I would like to come to agreement, but there is a disconnect.
I am trying to get Genkaus to tell us what his definition of morality is. I gave mine.
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