Thursday, August 23, 2007

Dictionary.com

con·form·ist

1. a person who conforms, esp. unquestioningly, to the usual practices or standards of a group, society, etc.
2. (often initial capital letter) a person who conforms to the usages of an established church, esp. the Church of England.
–adjective
3. of or characterized by conforming, esp. in action or appearance

mo·ral·i·ty

1. conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
2. moral quality or character.
3. virtue in sexual matters; chastity.
4. a doctrine or system of morals.
5. moral instruction; a moral lesson, precept, discourse, or utteranc

eth·ics

1. (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.
3. moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4. (usually used with a singular verb) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.

passivity

noun
1. the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
2. submission to others or to outside influences

1 comment:

Kavita said...

Interesting, isn't it that sexual chastity is listed as one of the definitions of Morality.

Also interesting, the definition of Ethics - apparently the rules of your conduct must be recognized by a group or culture to be legitimate.