moral bankruptcy
Total principle failure
Moral bankruptcy describes a complete failure or absence of ethical principles in a person, organization, or institution.
Unlike financial bankruptcy, which is a legal status, moral bankruptcy is a judgment about character—the sense that someone has exhausted whatever ethical credit they once had.
The scandal revealed the moral bankruptcy of the entire administration.
The term implies not just occasional wrongdoing but a fundamental corruption or hollowness where integrity should be.
- depravedMorally corrupt, perverse
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- dishonorableLacking integrity or ethics
- corruptDishonest, open to bribes
- selling outAbandoning principles for gain
scandal · abuse of power · malfeasance · white collar crime · fraud · ill-gotten gains · blood money · rationalization · professional misconduct · hypocrisy · bad faith · exploitation · bribery · ethical collapse · betrayal · perjury · extortion · selfishness
- moral decaydegeneration, degradation, depravity, fall from grace, backsliding
- moral statesvirtue, vice, righteousness, wickedness, innocence
moral bankruptcymoral rectitude
Adherence to ethical principles
ethical integrity · righteousness · moral excellence · virtue · moral fiber
moral bankruptcyintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
honesty · trustworthiness · incorruptibility · honor · probity
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