black-and-white morality
No moral grays
Black-and-white morality is a worldview that divides actions and people into absolute categories of good and evil, with no gray areas or moral complexity.
The term is usually critical, suggesting oversimplification: His black-and-white morality made him quick to judge and slow to understand.
Often shortened to black-and-white thinking.
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- good versus evilCore ethical dichotomy
- absolutesUnconditional, unqualified things
- right and wrongEthical distinction
- goodSatisfactory in quality
evil · righteous · white knight · villain · black hat · hero · purity · corruption · judgmental · simplistic · stark · clear cut · moral compass · binary · moral · sin · virtue · innocent
black-and-white moralitymoral ambiguity
Unclear rightness or wrongness
shades of gray · moral relativism · situational ethics · moral complexity · cultural relativism
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