Synonyms: moral, ethical, virtuous, righteous

These adjectives mean in accord with right or good conduct. 

• Moral applies to personal character and behavior, especially sexual conduct: "Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights" Jimmy Carter.
• Ethical stresses idealistic standards of right and wrong: "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants" Omar N. Bradley.
• Virtuous implies moral excellence and loftiness of character: "The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous" Frederick Douglass.
• Righteous emphasizes moral uprightness; when it is applied to actions, reactions, or impulses, it often implies justifiable outrage: "He was . . . stirred by righteous wrath" John Galsworthy.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language