moral

[1]	lesson
[2]	lesson , homily , teaching , point , message , aphorism , maxim , precept , apophthegm/apothegm , adage , saw , proverb , epigram , motto , slogan
[3]	morals , behaviour , conduct , mores , belief , habit(s) , custom(s) , practice(s) , principle(s) , scruples , ethics , ideals , standards , probity , morality , rectitude , integrity

adj.

[1]	ethical , right , good , pure , honest , proper , upright , honourable , decent , moralistic , respectable , high-minded , virtuous , upstanding , righteous , principled , scrupulous , incorruptible , noble , just
[2]	ethical , moralizing , moralistic