morality

moralidad, sentido moral

Capacidad de distinguir el bien del mal y voluntad de actuar correctamente.

En inglés sencillo: Knowing the difference between right and wrong and trying to behave in the right way.

• Children develop a sense of morality.
• She questioned the morality of lying to protect a friend.
• His actions showed a complete lack of morality.

Sinónimos: moral sense

Antónimos: immorality

Expresiones frecuentes: sense of morality, lack of morality, morality and justice, basic morality

moral, código moral

Las creencias y reglas que comparte una sociedad sobre cómo deben comportarse las personas.

En inglés sencillo: A society's shared rules and beliefs about how people should behave.

• The law reflected the morality of that society.
• Traditional morality shaped their family life.
• Different cultures may have different systems of morality.

Sinónimos: moral code, ethics

Expresiones frecuentes: public morality, traditional morality, social morality

moral personal, principios morales

Las creencias de una persona sobre lo correcto y lo incorrecto que guían su conducta.

En inglés sencillo: Your own beliefs about what is right and wrong and how you should behave.

• Her morality prevents her from cheating.
• His personal morality changed as he grew older.
• We discussed how our morality affects everyday choices.

Sinónimos: principles, ethics, moral code

Expresiones frecuentes: personal morality, your own morality, individual morality

ética, filosofía moral

El estudio de lo que está bien o mal y de cómo deben actuar las personas.

En inglés sencillo: The study of ideas about right and wrong and how people should behave.

• The course covers morality and political philosophy.
• She studies morality at university.
• Their lectures on morality explore why actions are right or wrong.

Sinónimos: ethics, moral philosophy

Expresiones frecuentes: study of morality, theories of morality, morality and philosophy