morality

道徳心、善悪の判断

善悪の違いを理解し、正しく行動しようとすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： moral sense

反対語： immorality

よく使う表現： sense of morality, lack of morality, morality and justice, basic morality

道徳、倫理規範

社会で共有される、人の正しい振る舞いについての考えや決まり。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： moral code, ethics

よく使う表現： public morality, traditional morality, social morality

倫理観、道徳観

何が正しく何が間違っているか、どう行動すべきかについての個人の考え。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： principles, ethics, moral code

よく使う表現： personal morality, your own morality, individual morality

倫理学、道徳哲学

正しいことと間違ったこと、人のあるべき行動を考える学問。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： ethics, moral philosophy

よく使う表現： study of morality, theories of morality, morality and philosophy