Dictionary

moral code en · NOUN

Meanings

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

Relateds

value system · moral compass

Translations (13)

fr code moral (set of rules prescribing behavior) · gd còd moralta (set of rules prescribing behavior) · fi moraalisäännöt (set of rules prescribing behavior) · es código de moral (set of rules prescribing behavior) · pl kodeks moralny (set of rules prescribing behavior) · ja 道徳律 (set of rules prescribing behavior) · fi moraalikoodi (set of rules prescribing behavior) · de Moralkodex (set of rules prescribing behavior) · ru мора́льный ко́декс (set of rules prescribing behavior) · cmn 道德準則 /道德准则 (set of rules prescribing behavior) · cs morální kodex (set of rules prescribing behavior) · fi moraaliohjeet (set of rules prescribing behavior) · vi bộ quy tắc đạo đức (set of rules prescribing behavior)