Moral

This article is about the use of the moral in storytelling. For other uses, see Morality and Moral (disambiguation).
"Moral of the story" redirects here. For the song by Ashe, see Moral of the Story (song).

A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event.[1] The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim.[2] A moral is a lesson in a story or real life.[3]

  1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 1989. p. 456. ISBN 978-0198611868.
  2. ^ Simon Blackburn (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Oxford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0198610137.
  3. ^ James Rachels (2009). The Elements of Moral Philosophy. McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 12–14. ISBN 978-0073386713.