amoral

20 6.3

Not thinking about right or wrong when acting

adjective
/ˌeɪˈmɔrəl/

: amoral

The corporate strategy was purely amoral, focusing only on profit and not on the impact on employees.
amoral familism
amoral behavior

So every choice that you get, because choice is, is it's amoral.

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Examples

So you could say that it becomes amoral or non moral.
Angels, he understood now, were as amoral as scientists.

Fiction book (1996)
And maybe, you know, I mean, amoral in that sense.
Oh, I would say it's amoral, but fine.
I would even go as far as saying, it is amoral.

Keeping Mum (2005)
A lot of arranged marriages are happening where I would say are amoral, right?

The Diary Of A CEO
Knowledge in itself is amoral, but the choices for its applications reside in the ethical decisions of humans.

Academic text (1999)
In clear, crisp terms, he teaches dozens of people about the universe and its brutal, amoral past.

Fiction book (2002)
They are amoral, ruthless and without restraint.

Smokin' Aces (2006)
We'd decided by now that Sven was completely amoral and we got a tip that he was sniffing around for jobs.

Sven (2024)

Synonyms

nonmoral

vsamoral

7.2

Does not involve right or wrong actions, for example choosing a paint color

is neutral or indifferent toward questions of right and wrong

unmoral

vsamoral

Archaic

7.9

Not thinking about whether something is right or wrong

is about lack of concern for right and wrong rather than absence of morality

Antonyms

moral

∞ 3.7

Concerned with ideas of right and wrong in people's actions

ethical

280 4.1

Following rules about what is right and wrong in people's actions

How Moral

upright

15 4.0

moral

∞ 3.7

amoral

20 6.3

immoral

144 4.6

Surface Forms

amoral positive

Morphology

amoral = moral (semi-transparent) = a + moral

The relation to 'moral' is clear, but the privative prefix 'a-' is less familiar and the meaning is specifically 'without moral concern' rather than simply 'not moral'.

Etymology

The word amoral is built from the little part a- meaning 'not' and the word moral meaning 'about right and wrong'. So, amoral describes someone or something that is not concerned with questions of right and wrong.