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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group;
- Example: "the Puritan ethic"
- Example: "a person with old-fashioned values"
[syn: ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation]

2. the principle that conduct should be moral; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moral principle
    n 1: the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an
         individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a
         person with old-fashioned values" [syn: ethic, moral
         principle, value-system, value orientation]
    2: the principle that conduct should be moral