moral code

[mawr-uhl kohd, mor-]

noun

1. a set of rules or principles of ethical conduct for a person or a group of people.

   The moral code and religious law of Islam deals with broad topics, such as crime and politics, but also with personal matters, like diet and prayer.

   She refused to take the job, saying that it was incompatible with her personal moral code.

Word History and Origins

Origin of moral code¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

Catholicism is the faith I was baptized in, the one I embraced as a teen and that’s the bedrock for my moral code of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.

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The world of “Star Wars” is full of scoundrels that fans can’t help but love for their swagger and independent moral code, and “Visions” installments “The Smuggler” and “The Bounty Hunters” add to that legacy.

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Spain's moral code still confuses composure with virtue.

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Richard’s family was Orthodox Jewish, from Lithuania, and though the Baltimores in America were not overtly religious, the family communicated a moral code that influenced their son’s concern for the underprivileged.

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Every story about Gavin Newsom must be prefaced by the acknowledgment that the California governor is a bloodless political chameleon whose moral code seems to be permanently up for negotiation.

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