The phrase "contrary to morals" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe an action or behavior that goes against the accepted standards of morality. For example: "The decision to raise taxes on low-income families is contrary to morals."
Williams's insistence that morality is about people and their real lives, and that acting out of rational self-interest and even selfishness are not contrary to moral action, is illustrated in his "internal reasons for action" argument, part of what philosophers call the "internal/external reasons" debate.
They stipulated that expressions "contrary to good morals" remained criminal, but gave books special treatment.
In 2008 it offered a peek at its secret archive of erotic art known as L'Enfer, or hell, that it had deemed "contrary to good morals".
And when it becomes contrary to our morals, we have both the right and the responsibility to rebalance it toward just ends.
Being a close friend to people who consistently live contrary to your moral code can cause you to abandon your own morals over time.
Moreover, while a theory such as Railton's sophisticated consequentialism can acknowledge that a sophisticated consequentialist agent might sometimes knowingly bring about less than maximally good consequences, such a theory must nonetheless continue to insist that each particular act of doing so is indeed morally wrong — an insistence which seems contrary to our moral intuitions (Jollimore 2001).
The state said its action was justified "because the motion picture attractively portrays a relationship" -- adultery -- "which is contrary to the moral standards, the religious precepts and the legal code of its citizenry".
No officer or employee of the Department of Justice will be required to be in attendance at or participate in any execution if such attendance or participation is contrary to the moral or religious convictions of the officer or employee.... Between 29 and 14 Days Prior Witnesses: To the extent possible, the warden will develop a final list of citizen and condemned individual's witnesses.
This is, of course, contrary to common moral intuitions.
Vice is a propensity to act contrary to the moral law (Rel 6 37).
