How do you define immorality?

Question

I would be happy if you would not give me quotes from the bible, but your simple opinion. This question is not for religious people only, it is for everyone since morality is a matter of society, not religion

you can give me quotes as well if you want to, but i would prefere your own words because they reflect the way you think. I can search the bible too if i want, but what i'd like to now is how PEOPLE see this matter

Answer 1

1) IMMORALITY is something you do against human nature

2) IMMORALITY is going against local culture that promotes good behaviour and positive attitude

3) IMMORALITY is taking away ppl`s beleif that you know dear to them without injecting positive way of thinking into them

4) IMMORALITY is expecting ppl to follow your own moral code but you are not following it yourself

5) IMMORALITY is losing respect for yourself and your speech,,

6) IMMORALITY is expecting ppl to be the way you want them to be

7)IMMORALITY is not accepting ppl as they are and getting hurt or saying things to them when you are fake to them and expect them to change like in a relationship

8) IMMORALITY is using nature codes such as sex,love,understanding for your own selfish improvement or survival

9) IMMORALITY is if you dont respect the other gender and merely accepting them as sexual object no matter men or women,, please do understand that men could be your brother,father,lover and son and women can be your mother,daughter,sister,wife.... Im a guy who respects women who respects men

10) IMMORALITY is when you lose the respect for the surroundings you are in and when you know you are behaving in a ill manner just to boast your ego

Answer 2

That which goes against morality.

Or...not being lined up with the Absolute Right and Absolute Wrong...

Not so much as defining immorality...I think the question I'd like to ask is...where does morality come from? Evolution - to what benefit, since altruism is counterproductive. Society determines right and wrong? would Germany in the 1930s be a good example to cite? Or from a force outside society?

Answer 3

That which violates the bounds of morality. Without the Bible, such a boundary can me moved according to the dictates of society, thus leading to unhealthy and dangerous license (NAMBLA) or strangling limitation (Victorian Era).

Answer 4

Immoral is hurting someone or something else. Immoral is backstabbing at work to get ahead. Immoral is cheating on a loved one. Immoral is not teaching your children right from wrong. Immoral is taking what does not belong to you. Immoral is shoving your beliefs into our laws.

Answer 5

Immorality comes from lack of respect for self and others and lack of self control. Something that is immoral is something that is not natural and goes against social norms.

Answer 6

How would I personally define something as immoral?

If it hurts the world/person/people either physically, mentally or emotionally.
eg: Stealing, Murderering, Polluting, Cheating, Intolerance....

(Note this is different from amoral.)

Answer 7

I rather liked Terry Pratchett's notion that immorality is the act of treating people as if they were things.

Answer 8

Why don't you want quote from the bible?
Homosexuality is an immorality. Living a pervert life is an immorality. Sleeping with a woman/man is an immorality. Having threesome whatever you call it is an immorality. etc.........

Answer 9

Its definition to me is
Immorality can be defined as any selfish act thought out, planned out, and/or acted out which leads to temporal and momentary self gratification and pleasure at the expense of damaging your relationship within.

Answer 10

I am a new age Buddhist and believe that all immorality comes from the source of destruction.
Which is universal.
Destruction leads to suffering, death, hurt, pain.
On the other hand, there is productivity.

Think about it.