Please explain your position. I will post this in philosophy and in religion.
2007-09-20 12:02:39 · 0 answers · asked by R 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I looked up the definitions. What I am asking is do they amount to the same thing? What is the difference between an amoral person and an immoral person? Is there a difference karmically, spiritually, sociologically?
2007-09-20 12:13:59 · update #1
Good answer, Guru. Would you say then that among people of sufficient mental capacity, amorality would be a very rare thing?
2007-09-20 15:03:42 · update #2
They are different concepts. To be immoral, one must have a conceptualization of what is considered moral. A sociopath would be considered immoral as they have knowledge of "right and wrong" but choose not to follow it.
Someone who is amoral is someone who does not "buy" into the concept of morality to begin with. For example, to a theist, an atheist may seem amoral, but many atheists have ethical codes that are based on logical reasoning systems -- rather than edicts from a god or religion. An atheist won't kill as the underlying reasoning does not support the action. A theist may want to kill but fears the consequences of their god. This is different from someone who decides not to accept or believe social conceptualization of morality -- an amoral person. A feral child would be someone who is amoral. With no language and no instruction in religion, they have no conception of what it means to be moral or immoral.
2007-09-20 14:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By defnition, immoral is not conforming to accepted moral standards and amoral is lacking a sense of morality or being unconcerned by moral standards.
2007-09-20 12:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amoral is having no morals.
"A" means without or none.
Immoral is having bad morals.
2007-09-20 12:12:49 · answer #3 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
morality is subjective so it doesnt matter! lol but there is a difference amoral person is someone who has no comprehension of morality and doesnt know what right or wrong is
i.e a baby
immoral some one who is aware of morality and goes against it and justifies their narsissitic apathetic acts in their ego i.e child molester rapist serial killer
2007-09-20 12:18:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Amoral is without reference to morality, without morality...
Immoral is against morality or runs counter to morality...
2007-09-20 12:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by Rob S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋