by Artgineer June 22, 2017
Get the Moose Moralsmug. Weaponized Morality is a strategic use of moral righteousness or ethical narratives to gain power, silence opposition, or control social and political outcomes.
Example:
A university disinvites a speaker after student groups accuse them of being “harmful to marginalized communities”—not because of any direct harm, but because allowing them to speak would violate the campus’s moral stance on inclusion.
Example:
A corporation publicly supports a social justice movement during a media storm—not out of genuine commitment, but to avoid backlash and boost brand image—while continuing exploitative practices behind the scenes.
Historical context:
Weaponized morality emerged as a new form of strategic power in modern civilization, where traditional dominance through force has been replaced by dominance through ethical narratives. As historical systems of conquest and colonization (often led by Western powers) came under moral scrutiny, marginalized groups adapted by leveraging victimhood, justice, and moral authority to influence public opinion, institutions, and policy. In this new moral economy, narrative, guilt, and righteousness became powerful tools—used not only for justice but sometimes as instruments of control, signaling a shift in how power evolves in a post-colonial, media-driven world.
Example:
A university disinvites a speaker after student groups accuse them of being “harmful to marginalized communities”—not because of any direct harm, but because allowing them to speak would violate the campus’s moral stance on inclusion.
Example:
A corporation publicly supports a social justice movement during a media storm—not out of genuine commitment, but to avoid backlash and boost brand image—while continuing exploitative practices behind the scenes.
Historical context:
Weaponized morality emerged as a new form of strategic power in modern civilization, where traditional dominance through force has been replaced by dominance through ethical narratives. As historical systems of conquest and colonization (often led by Western powers) came under moral scrutiny, marginalized groups adapted by leveraging victimhood, justice, and moral authority to influence public opinion, institutions, and policy. In this new moral economy, narrative, guilt, and righteousness became powerful tools—used not only for justice but sometimes as instruments of control, signaling a shift in how power evolves in a post-colonial, media-driven world.
Political activists used weaponized morality to frame any opposition as immoral, making debate nearly impossible.
by sasheenofficial June 13, 2025
Get the Weaponized Moralitymug. 14 percent of likely voters think that the phrase "has a strong personal moral character" describes Anthony Weiner at least a good amount.
"Look at that dude, I bet he has strong 'personal moral character' if you know what i mean"
"Look at that dude, I bet he has strong 'personal moral character' if you know what i mean"
by meredimw September 2, 2013
Get the personal moral charactermug. She lost her morals at the ripe age of seven due to a traumatic accident between a copy of Anne Of Green Gables and the neighbour's cat.
by villain bookworm March 31, 2025
Get the moralsmug. But Jordan...
Hym "Your morality is based on a deliberate misreading of a story about a Jewish dictator and slaver and his sadistic underling. And the '2 morality dimensions' of personality both revolve around being a slave. The conscientiousness is just how hard the slave works and the agreeableness is just the not saying no to slavery part. So there's the real problem. Your morality isn't moral. That's the one thing the shit-libs get right. What they get wrong is that they also aren't moral by their own definition because it revolves around empathy and they don't have any they just feel bad for poor people. Neither of you have any concept of liberty. And you're both dumb. You lack both the morality AND the intelligence and you need to be removed from other people's lives a vigorously and throughly a humanly possible."
by Hym Iam August 27, 2025
Get the Moralitymug. Will come off as a nice person at first , but most of the time ends up to be a opportunist who will do anything to seek revenge , cold hearted and don’t know how to love correctly.
by Ache November 22, 2021
Get the nicol moralesmug. Morality is the informal system by which the interaction of moral agents is judged, just like JAY lives by it.
Samantha should accept the fact that Jay is the most morally correct person she ever met and morality is defined by his name
by JayCrum October 16, 2018
Get the Moralitymug.