moral discipline
Ethical self-control practice
Moral discipline is the capacity to govern one's conduct according to ethical principles, especially when temptation or impulse pulls in the opposite direction.
It implies sustained effort and self-control: The program aims to instill moral discipline in young offenders.
The phrase often appears in religious and military contexts, where adherence to codes of behavior is paramount.
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- habit formationEstablishing automatic behavioral patterns
good character · daily practice · self-imposed rules · mindfulness · community standards · rectitude · accountability · self-denial · responsibility · asceticism · patience · sanctification · deontology · prudence · reflection · meditation · self-regulation · humility
- moral educationcharacter education, ethical values, character formation, character development, character building
- yogaasana, asanas, pranayama, yoga class, yoga pose
- work ethicdiligence, hard worker, industriousness, go-getter, hard work
- Bushidobushido, samurai code, warrior code, honor code, samurai ethics
- CalvinismCalvinism, TULIP, predestination, total depravity, John Calvin
moral disciplineself-indulgence
Excessive yielding to desires
indulgence · licentiousness · hedonism · dissipation · intemperance
moral disciplinelaxity
Lack of strictness
permissiveness · amorality · slackness · looseness · anything goes
moral disciplinemoral corruption
Degradation of ethical principles
depravity · vice · wickedness · degeneracy · immorality