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^[1]:

     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 (de) m
• Japanese: 道徳律 (どうとくりつ, dōtokuritsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kodeks moralny m
• 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: bộ quy tắc đạo đức

See also

• moral compass
• value system