- principle, precept - rule of personal conduct
--1 is a kind of rule, prescript
--1 is a part of ethic, ethical code
--1 has particulars:higher law; moral principle; hypothetical imperative; caveat emptor - teaching, precept, commandment - a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
--2 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
--2 has particulars: Golden Rule; mitzvah, mitsvah