im·mo·ral
/ˌimˈmȯr-əl/
immoral adjective
: not morally good or right : morally evil or wrong
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/ˌimˈmȯr-əl/
immoral adjective
: not morally good or right : morally evil or wrong
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mo·ral
/ˈmȯr-əl /
moral adjective
: of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical moral judgments
/ˈmȯr-əl /
moral adjective
: of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical moral judgments
Nice, but can the principles themselves be nullified? Can a normally immoral act become moral because of who instigated it? That is, could Donald Trump's lying---which is typically considered to be "morally wrong"---be deemed moral rather than immoral because at that time he was President of the United States?
In fact, can any immoral behavior lose its standing and become moral because of who did it or sanctioned it? During WWII could the collateral bombing of innocent women and children, typically an immoral action, be justified as moral when the USA did it, but immoral when the Germans did it (it happened on both sides)? Could god's condonation of slavery, commonly considered to be an immoral stance, be deemed moral just because it was His? OR, was god's killing of innocent women and infants in
1 Samuel 15:3 not immoral because He ordered it?
"Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass."
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