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The phrase "a lack of morality" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, behavior, or individual that demonstrates an absence of ethical principles or values.
Example: "The scandal revealed a lack of morality among the executives, leading to widespread public outrage."
Alternatives: "absence of ethics" or "deficiency in moral values".
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We are not condemning the Russians for a lack of morality.
And that comes from a lack of morality…" Could Hitchcock have made the films without the cruelty of that relationship?
Permissive parenting is to blame for a lack of morality in children, he said, noting that studies show that such parenting breeds children with poor self-control and a lack of social responsibility, two cornerstones of morality.
Was there a "lack of morality" underneath Speer's initial attraction to "the cause," wondered Ms. Sereny?
Her choice emphasises a lack of morality, one of the problems that Fielding believed dominated 18th-century British society.
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I believe that the financial crisis of 2008/9 exposed more a lack of ethics and morality -- especially by the financial sector -- rather than a problem of regulation or criminality.
Such blowback – the unintended consequences of arms sales – is common to the global trade in weapons, which is driven by a combination of geopolitics, greed, a profound lack of morality, and a marked absence of meaningful regulation and oversight.
"There is a lack of old fashioned morality, the morality you and I grew up with," lamented one Republican state representative, Carl Isett.
They appealed to me as boy because there's a pleasing lack of morality to them and lots of fighting.
Thackeray's characters, though occasionally sympathetic, are generally heavily flawed; anti-heroine Becky Sharp is manipulative, selfish and vain, demonstrating an almost complete lack of morality.
Once I was sent to temp for a man whose total lack of morality meant that he shouldn't have been left alone with a woman.
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