He acted immorally when his own interests were at stake. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A person who acts "immorally" is by definition not acting out of a belief in any moral code, theistic or atheistic. From Wordnik.com. [Radical Atheist] Reference
And certainly, the Israeli blockade was immorally wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Gaza and Tijuana; What if Rocket Bombs Were Launched from Mexico Into California] Reference
Caught in a narrative, the movie says, people act immorally. From Wordnik.com. [Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema] Reference
The answer is reminiscent of the one Ford Pinto immorally came to. From Wordnik.com. [Remember the Pinto or Why Isn't the Performance of Our Voting Machines as Important as the Performance of Our Blenders] Reference
Let's face it, Frank's proposal is disgustingly and immorally conservative. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Breaks Taboo on Military Spending] Reference
It is no more sinful than adultery, than living immorally for a heterosexual. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2004] Reference
This program immorally and unethically locks women into a pre-birth contract. From Wordnik.com. [When Pro-Life is Anti-Family] Reference
There cannot fail to be jealousy between husbands and wives who live immorally. From Wordnik.com. [The Kreutzer Sonata] Reference
They all contrive immorally for financial gain at the expenses of innocent citizen. From Wordnik.com. [Should smoking be allowed in public places?] Reference
Senator, we entered the Iraq War illegally, immorally, and against international law. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2008] Reference
All this mental malady was the simple result of the fact that we were living immorally. From Wordnik.com. [The Kreutzer Sonata] Reference
But the problem is that United States behave immorally (ph) by non-humanitarian way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 4, 2006] Reference
They can take pride in their heterosexuality, regarding gays as immorally self-indulgent. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Victory: Second Thoughts] Reference
Well Ford immorally flips to gain political power on a very hot issue, and its not flying?. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Patrick Maloney: Sticking with Gillibrand] Reference
KING: Jeane, does that bother you, when people speak out on morality and then act immorally?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2007] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We entered the Iraq war illegally, immorally and against international law. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2008] Reference
Let's face it, Frank's proposal is disgustingly and immorally conservative, but it's a good start. From Wordnik.com. [Putting War Waste on the Chopping Block] Reference
People do not lie, display reckless indifference to truth, act immorally, but stuff happens to them. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Gitlin: Russert Watch 6-1-08: In Which Tim Baits Hooks, McClellan Wriggles, and Big Fish Swim Away] Reference
It is internal direction, not external compulsion that induces us to act either morally or immorally. From Wordnik.com. [The Cambridge Platonists] Reference
Pre - sumably, they act immorally because they are deter - mined to do so by their desires and inclinations. From Wordnik.com. [FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM] Reference
Again, it would be no different if something happened immorally, man and man, man and woman, woman on woman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2007] Reference
Some people have no problem with stealing because they believe the items they are stealing were acquired immorally. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
REPPENHAGEN: I feel that the military was hijacked by this administration and used immorally in a war of aggression. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2007] Reference
Edwards will bring business to a retailer that pays wages he thinks are so immorally low that they should be illegal. From Wordnik.com. [New Hampshire Paper Blasts Edwards For Holding Book Signing At....Barnes & Noble] Reference
It is entirely possible, Nancy, that the lacrosse team is acting totally immorally in this situation, if they are guilty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006] Reference
I mean, if people would start to act more immorally if they thought that free will didn't exist, isn't that a decision too?. From Wordnik.com. [Free will] Reference
Last time I looked, when you invade and destroy someone's house, illegally and immorally, you don't hang around afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Jackass Party] Reference
Short of immorally and unlawfully nuking Palestinian territories, America will NEVER stop Palestinians from attacking Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Ending The War On Terror] Reference
To deny the relationship between our aggressive foreign policies and the harm it causes others is to be immorally irresponsible. From Wordnik.com. [Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way: Aggressive Driving And American Foreign Policy] Reference
On this account, if an agent acts immorally while formally intending to act immorally, nothing can excuse the action in question. From Wordnik.com. [Blaise Pascal] Reference
As a result Alabama's tax structure immorally oppresses the poorest Alabamians while greatly benefiting the wealthiest Alabamians. From Wordnik.com. [Reform in Alabama?: The Nation's Worst Constitution] Reference
There are, indeed, few cases where scientists as a group have behaved immorally, the main example being the false claims of eugenics. From Wordnik.com. [Oath] Reference
At the same time they are acting immorally, they feel entitled to espouse a strict standard of morality and self-discipline on others. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Galinsky: Research on Power Teaches Why Blagojevich Did What he Did (...and Why he Might Get Away With It)] Reference
GARRETT RAPPENHAGER, IRAQ WAR VET: I feel that the military was hijacked by this administration and used immorally in a war of aggression. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2007] Reference
The G20 Communique irresponsibly and immorally ratifies this disgraceful state of affairs and we will all pay a severe price going forward. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Auerback: The G20 Votes for Global Depression] Reference
Homophobes cling to that fallacy and its corollary, that some people immorally or perversely ‘choose’ to engage in homosexual behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Should Post review policy on disclosing sexual orientation?] Reference
Since the rational determination of the will of man qua noumenon is always in accordance with morality, it is not clear why men act immorally. From Wordnik.com. [FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM] Reference
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