Maxim

	Reference/Meaning	Formula
#1	A rule introduced to ensure that all in a social group know and meet the general requirements for virtuous functioning. Syn: precept, adage, motto, proverb, saying, truism.	PH"6-L5
#2	A rule, determined by an ethical teaching, which constrains people in their functioning and depends on social pressure for personal control via moral exhortation.	sPH"6-G1⁵
#3	The characteristic rule of an ethical teaching.	PH"5-L5
#4	See: virtue.

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Last updated: 15-Jan-2014

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