Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
morality
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Videos
Learn about Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
Read Next
Well-balanced of stones on the top of boulder
What’s the Difference Between Morality and Ethics?
Discover
Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?
Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept
Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

morality: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/morality
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As morals

Videos

Learn about Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
See All Videos →

Related Topics and References

Topics
Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Key People

Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson
French philosopher
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-born philosopher
John Austin
English jurist
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Irish historian
Jeremy Collier
English bishop
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
French author
Edward Westermarck
Finnish sociologist
Moscherosch, detail from an engraving
Johann Michael Moscherosch
German satirist
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
Roemer Visscher
Dutch poet

Related Quizzes and Features

Demystified
Well-balanced of stones on the top of boulder
What’s the Difference Between Morality and Ethics?