moral code

moral code

English

Noun

moral code (plural moral codes)

1. (ethics) A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
   • 2020 November 27, Charles Hugh Smith, Moral Decay Leads to Collapse‎:

     When the moral code that requires service to the public good decays, the legitimacy of the state collapses.

Translations

set of rules prescribing behavior

Chinese: Mandarin: 道德準則／道德准则 (dàodé zhǔnzé) Czech: morální kodex m Finnish: moraaliohjeet pl, moraalisäännöt pl, moraalikoodi French: code moral m Galician: please add this translation if you can German: Moralkodex m Japanese: 道徳律 (どうとくりつ, dōtokuritsu) Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: мора́льный ко́декс m (morálʹnyj kódɛks) Scottish Gaelic: còd moralta m Spanish: código de moral m Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• moral compass
• value system