moral code
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[edit]Noun
[edit]moral code (plural moral codes)
- (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.
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[edit]set of rules prescribing behavior
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