Definition of "Morality" in LDS teaching and culture

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Tex

No beef. You just use the terms a lot and usually together, and I'm curious to see how often.

I'll focus upon axiology then in this sector.

[All-American]

This is why I love being a classicist. Word play is my game.

Morals, morality, and other such words stem from the Latin mos, moris, which means customs, habits, and general way of life. Thus, one's morals simply describe the way one conducts himself through life.

Virtue stems from the word vir, which means "man," and virtus, virtutis, which means (amazingly enough) "strength," "power," or "manliness or excellence." A virtuous man is a manly man, who has all the characteristics that would define an excellent man-- cf. the greek arete, likewise translated as virtue or excellence.

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by jay santos

I actually agree completely. My bad. I should have used the word chastity.

Virtuous is the other word that gets misused. And it's actually a pet peeve of mine that virtuous and moral get misused so much in LDS culture, so shame on me for doing it too.

When I think of the phrase "he's an immoral man" my first thought is of a dishonest businessman who abuses people and cheats and lies and takes advantage of lesser fortunates. But immoral does not and should not equal sexual purity.

IMHO communism in immoral