Code
Ethics
Ethics noun - The code of good conduct for an individual or group.
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And then there's the third option within the third option: Establish the Lawful Good character's "law" as a strict personal code of ethics, regardless of external law.
Source: To Be Lawful or Good -
Morality Pet: At first, Nimona seems to be an inversion of this for Ballister, since she's constantly nagging him about his self-imposed ethics and code of honor; as the story advances, however, it starts looking more and more like Ballister has been Nimona's Morality Pet all along.
Source: Webcomic / Nimona -
He has a very strict moral code based on personal ethics, and he made sure that all the Minutemen he had a part in creating had a similarly rigid code of honor.
Source: Comic Book / 100 Bullets
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