moral code

collocation in English

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moral
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒr.əl/us
/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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code
noun
uk
/kəʊd/us
/koʊd/
a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more ...
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(Definition ofmoralandcodefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmoral code

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In place of a dominant authority, amoralcodeoperates.
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This code, which was eternal, was themoralcode, also called the code of nature.
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For instance, any interestingmoralcodewill include a large body of determinate moral requirements.
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It was both an internalizedmoralcodeand utilitarian in its effects.
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Hismoralcodeis strict.
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It is this quality that makes the human rights framework both a legal and amoralcode.
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It exists provided that society has established a legal ormoralcodethat distributes the relevant claims and correlative duties.
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On the one hand, this has a didactic, regulatory function reinforcing the axiomaticmoralcodeof everyday social structure.
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There is also much talk about amoralcode.
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We are setting themoralcodefor future generations.
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If this is confirmed, it indicates that not only amoralcodebut a social contract is incorporated in the self-system.
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Their own children did not stick to their commitments and vows and had behaved in ways that went against their proclaimedmoralcode.
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Now that themoralcodewhich presented itself as truth is revealed to be a lie, the world once again appears meaningless.
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I find it difficult to understand by what kind ofmoralcode, ifmoralcodeindeed enter into the question, the dodger of taxation justifies his conduct.
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What we see here is a breaking of ourmoralcode.
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It is themoralcodeby which many people live their lives.
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Such behaviour is not permitted within theirmoralcodewhich is often sanctioned by religious blessing.
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It is nonsense to think that themoralcodecan be frozen in time.
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The marriage tie and the loosening of themoralcodestarts there.
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When all is said and done, humanists lack sacred books and an agreedmoralcode.
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Certainly not themoralcodefrom which they draw their strength.
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My second point is that discipline is meaningless unless it is backed by amoralcode.
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Whose values will be taught and whosemoralcodewill children be required to accept?
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Is that not a moremoralcodethan the one of testamentary licence?
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The personalmoralcodeof the individual concerned could fundamentally affect the judgment reached.
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