Mores
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Mores are social norms that are widely observed within a particular society or culture. Mores determine what is considered morally acceptable or unacceptable within any given culture. A folkway is wha
The Styrian Table of Peoples, an early-18th century work depicting stereotypical mores of Europeans
Morality
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Morality is a phenomenon among social animals, including humans, through which communities and individuals evaluate actions, character, and social arrangements. It often refers to a set of standards,
Mores
…school, university, business and religious institution, ceremonial situations, ritual, customary services and keeping personal space. The English word morality comes from the same Latin root "mōrēs", as does the English noun moral. However, mores do not, as is commonly supposed, necessarily carry connotations…
Morality may be observed in many prosocial or eusocial animals (Adélie penguins caring for their youths communally in a crèche on the South Orkneys).
Immanuel Kant introduced the categorical imperative: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law."
Allegory with a portrait of a Venetian senator (Allegory of the morality of earthly things), attributed to Tintoretto, 1585
The Abrahamic religions prescribe morality as normative (Gebhard Fugel: Moses receives the tablets, c. 1900).