For the philosophical position rejecting all moral claims, seeMoral nihilism.
Amorality (also known asamoralism) is an absence of,indifference towards, disregard for, or incapacity formorality.[1][2][3] Some simply refer to it as a case of being neither moral nor immoral.[4] The wordamoral can be conflated withimmoral, which refers to anagent doing or thinking something they know or believe to bewrong.[5]
Morality and amorality in humans and other animals is a subject of dispute among scientists and philosophers.[6] Human capabilities may be thought of as amoral in that they can be used for either constructive or destructive purposes, i.e., forgood or for ill.[7]
Corporations are thought by some to be amoral entities.[10][11][12][13] This can refer to the "ethical numbness" of these organizations' executives and managers, especially when approached from the view that corporations can be considered moral agents as well as a kind oflegal person.[14]
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