- The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral
standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a
principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right. - The quality of an action which renders it good; the
conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. - The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of
men in their social character; ethics. - The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life;
conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the
politeness of men whose morality we question. - A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it
consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors
representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such
plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. - Intent; meaning; moral.
Preconventional morality According to the American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg, the first level of moral development which dominates the moral behavior of children until after the age of 7. Preconventional morality
Post conventional morality Post conventional morality is the third level of the American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development. At this level moral
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