Moral idiocy is an inability to distinguish between right and wrong, or to understand how
moral values
Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...
apply to ones own life and the lives of others.
It is sometime used to describe
amoral institutional behavior, with the suggestion that moral idiocy may be an engrained feature of some social, commercial, or political constructs.
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* Brim, J. A., & Nelson, J. M. (1981). Moral idiocy: A new look at an old concept. Corrective & Social Psychiatry & Journal of Behavior Technology, Methods & Therapy, 27(4), 167–169.
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Moral psychology
Ethics