moral code

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Watching onscreen characters trying to get ahead has stoked endless debate over the intersection of career ambition and moral code.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jehovah's Witnesses impose a strict moral code on members, including that homosexuality is a sin, and reportedly punish those who deviate from their beliefs by "disfellowshipping" them, ostracising them from the community.

From BBC

In his initial statement of intent accompanying the Ten Commandments bill, King insisted the Bible’s moral code would remind students of the “fundamental foundation of American and Texas law.”

From Washington Post

The climate version of this moral code seems similarly stark, although perhaps not deeply morally illuminating: Thou shalt not drive species to extinction.

From Washington Post

But she rejected the claim that Gordon’s principle of withdrawing from government-issued “contracts” to obey only God had any connection to a formal movement, noting that he intended it as a moral code for individuals only.

From Washington Times