moral code
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English
[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.
Translations
[edit ]set of rules prescribing behavior
- Chinese:
- 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 (ja) (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