moral code

A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.

Noun

  1. A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
    • When the moral code that requires service to the public good decays, the legitimacy of the state collapses. - 2020 November 27, Charles Hugh Smith, Moral Decay Leads to Collapse:

Forms

moral codes

Related

moral compass value system