n (uncountable) recognition | Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behave|behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
n (countable) A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
n (countable) A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
n (uncountable|rare) moral philosophy | Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
n (countable|rare) A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.