Definition of "moral code" []

• A written, formal, and consistent set of moral rules, accepted by a person or by a group of people. (noun)

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• "Thus the Greeks of classical times were in moral questions influenced rather by non-religious conceptions such as that of aidos (natural shame) than by fear of the gods; while one great religious system, namely Buddhism, explicitly taught the entire independence of the moral code from any belief in God."
• "Shintoism is divided into ten branches which differ only in their ceremonial details, the moral code of all being reduced to the single principle: follow the inspiration of your own heart and obey the emperor."
• "The moral code of capitalisms elite is not built on any set of simple incentives."