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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a set of values and rules for action which are proposed to individuals and groups by diverse institutions such as the family, education systems or churches.

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Morality (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠along with ethics, two aspects of one phenomena in which ethics may change while moral codes remain constant (or vice-versa).

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to do with the exercise of liberty not through the imposition of finite forms of control derived from knowledge about oneself and the laws that one adopts 'autonomously', but by caring for oneself.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned on the one hand with a set of values and rules that are recommended to individuals, and on the other to the real behavior or compliance of individuals in relation to those rules and values.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠applicable to an action only if it is not reduci­ble to a rule, a law, or a value. It must also be concerned with one's self-formation as an ‘ethical subject’.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠constituted always of codes of behavior (prohibitions and rules) and forms of subjectivation.