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amoralism

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a·mor·al  (-môrl, -mr-)
adj.
1. Not admitting of moral distinctions or judgments; neither moral nor immoral.
2. Lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong.
a·moral·ism n.
amo·rali·ty (mô-rl-t, -m-) n.
a·moral·ly adv.
amoralism
the state or quality of being without morality or of being indifferent to moral standards. — amoralist, n. — amoral, adj.
See also: Ethics
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Noun1.amoralism - the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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While we would look in vain in Venetian political writings of this period for the kind of gleefully subversive assertions of political amoralism we find in Machiavelli, it is not difficult to find hints in rhetorical contexts at a differentiated understanding of speech ethics, positing different criteria for political than for moral or philosophical discourse.
Rhetoric and humanism in Quattrocento Venice by Cox, Virginia / Renaissance Quarterly
Wright also includes a character much like Svidrigailov in Hilton, whose function is similarly to threaten the protagonist with his knowledge of the murders and whose cold-blooded amoralism suggests the protagonist's duality and participation in evil.
Haunted by innocence: the debate with Dostoevsky in Wright's 'other ... by Lynch, Michael F. / African American Review
"If only, as when Hitler was flourishing, one knew to which side one belonged", he wrote to a friend in 1951, "communism with its infantile amoralism is impossible, but so is any belief in the future of this corrupt, condemned, late-capitalistic world of profit.
Thomas Mann: A Life by Hartley, Anthony / The National Interest
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