amoral
Example Sentences
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If Pericles’ funeral oration is a landmark of democratic virtue, the amoral facts of pure force become explicit in the “Melian dialogue” following the Athenian conquest of the neutral island of Melos in 415 B.C.:
Uh I’ve added to it only the fact that I consider certain methadone programs and methadone maintenance programs amoral- or immoral.
From Scientific American
Politicians in Washington are certainly amoral, but their hands are not merely unclean with dirt, but also incarnadined and besmirched with innocent blood.
From Washington Post
Murdoch and his amoral crew of hypocrites clearly are not in the news business.
From Seattle Times
To enter that universe is either to become a victim or to succumb to its grim, amoral code.
From New York Times
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