AMORALITY, Ravi P.

Amorality Amoral is distinct in meaning from immoral: while immoral means'not conforming to accepted standards of morality', amoral implies'not concerned with morality' Amorality is the quality of existence that moral right and wrong (or good and evil) are incompatible. 'Amorality' or 'amoralism' may also refer to believing that the concepts of moral right and wrong do not have meaning, or lacking a belief in the absolute existence of any moral laws. "Amorality" is different from "immorality" although they are often confused. An amoral person denies the existence of morality, as opposed to an immoral person who violates a certain moral code, but may still believe in the underlying truth of that moral code. An amoralist might also make a stronger point that moral systems are arbitrary and unfounded on the whole, which is an epistemic or anthropological claim and not an ethical one. An amoral person believes that the concepts of right and wrong are irrelevant, with one view consisting of the idea that right and wrong are subjective concepts, and determined entirely by personal preference. Thus, guilt is meaningless in an objective sense. In common use "amoral" and "immoral" are often used interchangeably, although the meaning of the terms is significantly different. The difference between Immoral and Amoral when you say that someone is immoral, what you mean is that the person does a lot of things that are not morally acceptable. He does things that are positively wrong. When the word is used with people, it is always used to show disapproval. A person who is amoral does not know the difference between right and wrong and he doesn't really care whether what he does is morally right or wrong. He is not concerned with morals. He is outside the sphere of morality. Unlike the word immoral amoral is not always used to show disapproval. "I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after."                                                                                      Ernest Heminqway