Morality as an object protected by criminal law

Abstract

The concept of "morality" is synonymous with the Latin words moralitas and mores, referring to the Latin mos (moris), meaning "custom (habit), good and bad conduct, manners" . This understanding of the word "custom" (understood as mores) is supported by J. Szczepański and by K. Kwaśniewicz who holds that custom comprises "norms of behaviour recognized by the community and expressed in moral terms" [3]. According to J. Grad, the authors who propose such definitions take the popular assumption that a certain set of moral activities (and sometimes their entirety) is an objective equivalent of morality (hence a separate, special term to denote this complex of moral activities) [4]. Moreover, morality, unlike custom, which is usually approached in "behavioural" terms, is situated in the "spiritual" realm (sphere of "spiritual values").