Item 12 in Truth By Reason Master Ethical Code
Exercise Self-Control
Regulate anger, greed, hatred, envy, craving, pride and impulsive desire.
- Position
- 12
- Form
- Mixed formulation
- Obligation
- Context-dependent
- Wording status
- Translation
- Intended audience
- Everyone
- Last reviewed
- 28 June 2026
Names and terminology
Canonical name: Exercise Self-Control
Source wording
<p>Regulate anger, greed, hatred, envy, craving, pride and impulsive desire.</p>
Literal meaning
Regulate anger, greed, hatred, envy, craving, pride and impulsive desire.
Broader interpretation
Self-discipline should protect judgement, health and responsibility, not become needless deprivation or domination.
Practical meaning
Regulate anger, greed, hatred, envy, craving, pride and impulsive desire.
Ethical purpose
Self-discipline should protect judgement, health and responsibility, not become needless deprivation or domination.
Modern application
Apply this principle to personal conduct, organisations and public policy, with particular attention to people and beings who carry the greatest risks while holding the least power.
Criticism and difficult cases
This principle may conflict with other duties. It should therefore be applied with evidence, proportionality, role reversal, attention to power and review of foreseeable consequences.
Truth By Reason analysis
Self-discipline should protect judgement, health and responsibility, not become needless deprivation or domination.
Sources
- Truth By Reason Comparative Ethical Codes Synthesis Primary source