What is the difference between morality and spirituality?

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The discussion clarifies that morality is defined as the study of normative ethics, focusing on the quantification of ethical principles and behaviors. In contrast, spirituality serves as an umbrella term encompassing various meanings, often related to a connection to something greater than oneself, typically in a pseudo-religious context. While both concepts can intersect within religious frameworks, they fundamentally differ in their core functions and implications regarding human experience and ethical understanding.

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morality is the study/claims of normative ethics. Spirituality is an umbrella term with many possible meanings. Most of them have something to do with a pseudo-religious connection to something 'greater' than oneself.

The two terms have almost nothing in common except that most religions/spiritual beliefs have some kind of morality attached to them.
 
morality is a quantification of the universe, whereas spirituality is our connection to the universe.
 

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