amoral

What it means

1. Done without consideration for morality or immorality.

   If free will is a myth, and our actions are the mere amoral outcome of biological luck for which we are not responsible, why not just run amok?

   2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN

2. Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

In a sentence

If free will is a myth, and our actions are the mere amoral outcome of biological luck for which we are not responsible, why not just run amok?

2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*né
2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
5. Englisha-
6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
8. Proto-Italic*mōs
9. Latinmōs
10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
12. Latinmōrālis
13. Old Frenchmora
14. Middle Englishmoral
15. Englishmoral
16. Englishamoral

From a- (“not”) + moral.