Morality
Morality noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.
Usage example: given his reputation for unswerving morality, scandal of any kind would wreck his political career
Vileness
Vileness noun - The state or quality of being utterly evil.
Usage example: no one can question the sheer vileness of this act of terrorism
Both words in one sentence
- Black And Black Morality (aka Evil Versus Evil) reduces the overall vileness of the worst villains because everyone in the story is disgustingly evil, but the audience may just become too apathetic at the bleakness of the setting instead.
- Black and Gray Morality: Most of the wars with the NRE and the Dagwoods are this, due to the utter vileness of both.
Source: Roleplay / Total War 2125 - Shows with Black and Grey Morality tend to reduce the vileness of Hero Antagonists or Anti Villains; it's just hard to get worked up over a villain's plan to carve his face into the side of a mountain when the hero has to regularly resort to machine-gunning robbers in broad daylight.
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