Moral idiocy
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Moral idiocy is an inability to distinguish between right and wrong, or to understand how moral values apply to one's own life and the lives of others.
The term is sometimes used to describe amoral institutional behavior, with the suggestion that moral idiocy may be an ingrained feature of some social, commercial, and/or political constructs.
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References
- Davey, James George (1856-09-13). "ON MORAL IDIOCY". Association Medical Journal. s3-4 (193): 783–786. doi:10.1136/bmj.s3-4.193.783. ISSN 1468-5833. S2CID 72603729.
- Gainer, Kevin (2021-02-04). THE THEORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE MORAL IDIOT An Explanation of the Ubiquity and Persistence of Sub-Optimal Outcomes in Societies.
- JALAVA, JARKKO; GRIFFITHS, STEPHANIE; MARAUN, MICHAEL (2015). The Myth of the Born Criminal: Psychopathy, Neurobiology, and the Creation of the Modern Degenerate. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-2836-6. JSTOR 10.3138/j.ctv2fjwx9t.
- Brim, J. A., & Nelson, J. M. (1981). Moral idiocy: A new look at an old concept. Corrective & Social Psychiatry & Journal of Behavior Technology, Methods & Therapy, 27(4), 167–169. "APA PsycNet". psycnet.apa.org. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
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