Writing in the April 1999 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Rozin and colleagues proposed that violating moral codes relating to divinity and sanctity can provoke reactions of disgust.
Even when you have a majority, you're not allowed to violate moral values".
But, in "The Prince," Machiavelli assumed that politicians fully understood what was good and what was evil; the survivors among them simply understood when it was necessary to violate their moral code.
Moral theory tells agents how they ought to behave; but if agents violate moral norms, of course things can go askew.
While it is impossible to violate the laws of nature, humans can violate moral laws.
But I also know that, if I pay for sex, I risk arrest, in the same way that if I violate a moral code of sexual conduct I risk other forms of persecution.
The real issue here isn't whether Baptists should be shamed into carrying things that violate their moral code, but rather why corporations like Warner Brothers, which produced The Blindside, keep filling their movies with words that millions of American filmgoers say they don't want to hear at the movies and don't want their kids to hear and emulate.
The second justification of punishment is that punishment is called for, because when somebody violates moral or legal codes, they deserve to be penalized.
Because it can be difficult to recognize when our behavior violates our moral code, unethical behavior is often more effectively addressed at the organizational level than at the individual level.
Jack is careful not to violate the dress code.
The building seemed to violate every possible code, and Beckie's apartment violated everything except the no-pets rule.
