Moral vs. Ethos
Moraladjective
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
Moraladjective
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
Moraladjective
Capable of right and wrong action.
Moraladjective
Probable but not proved.
Moraladjective
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
Moralnoun
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
Moralnoun
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
Moralnoun
(obsolete) A morality play.
Moraladjective
Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
Moraladjective
Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
Moraladjective
Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
Moraladjective
Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
Moraladjective
Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; - opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
Moraladjective
Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
Moralnoun
The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; - usually in the plural.
Moralnoun
The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.
Moralnoun
A morality play. See Morality, 5.
Moralverb
To moralize.
Moralnoun
the significance of a story or event;
Moraladjective
relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics;
Moraladjective
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles;
Moraladjective
adhering to ethical and moral principles;
Moraladjective
arising from the sense of right and wrong;
Moraladjective
psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect;
Moraladjective
based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence;
Moral
A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim.
Ethosnoun
The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
Ethosnoun
(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.
Ethosnoun
(aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.
Ethosnoun
The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization.
Ethosnoun
The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character - character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people - rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; - opposed to pathos.
Ethosnoun
(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era;
Ethosnoun
the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations
Ethos
Ethos ( or US: ) is a Greek word meaning that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence emotions, behaviors, and even morals.
