- ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation - 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"
--1 is a kind of principle
--1 has particulars: Chartism - moral principle - the principle that conduct should be moral
--2 is a kind of principle, precept
--2 has particulars: categorical imperative