moral precepts
Rules for conduct
Moral precepts are fundamental rules or principles governing right and wrong conduct.
Unlike laws, which carry legal consequences, moral precepts operate through conscience and social expectation: The moral precept "do no harm" guided her medical practice.
Religious traditions codify moral precepts in texts like the Ten Commandments or the Eightfold Path.
Secular ethics derives them from reason or social contract.
- ten commandmentsTen fundamental rules
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- mitzvotJewish religious commandments
- thou shalt notArchaic command against
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
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- Jewish ethicsmitzvot, tikkun olam, Torah study, good deeds, righteousness
- Buddhist educationBuddhist teachings, novice training, Buddhist texts, Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist philosophy
- Plutarchbiographies, biographer, Alexander, Caesar, Brutus
- ThomismThomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, scholasticism, prime mover, Aquinas
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Quality of being wicked
amorality · wickedness · depravity · vice · sin
moral preceptslawlessness
Absence of governing rules
anarchy · chaos · licentiousness · whim · caprice
moral preceptsanimal instincts
Innate behavioral impulses
selfishness · greed · lust · hedonism · self-indulgence
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