righteousness
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Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally right or justifiable. The concept is rooted in religious or divine law and broadly encompasses moral correctness, justice, and virtuous living as dictated by a higher authority or set of spiritual beliefs. It is found in many religions and traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified and can have the connotation that the person has been "judged" as living a moral life, relative to religious doc
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- Etymology
- Ethics or moral philosophy
- Righteousness in Religion
- Abrahamic and Abrahamic-inspired religions
- Christianity
- Islam
- Judaism
- Mandaeism
- East Asian religions
- Yi (Confucianism)
- Indian religions
- Hinduism
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- Sikhism
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Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally right or justifiable. The concept is rooted in religious or divine law and broadly encompasses moral correctness, justice, and virtuous living as dictated by a higher authority or set of spiritual beliefs. It is found in many religions and traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified and can have the connotation that the person has been "judged" as living a moral life, relative to religious doctrines. Rectitude, often a synonym for righteousness, is about personal moral values and the internal compass that guides an individual’s decisions and actions.
== Etymology == Etymologically, it comes from Old English rihtwis, from 'right' + 'manner, state, condition' (as opposed to wikt:wrangwīs, ).