What does the word moral even mean?
From my understanding it refers to a collective spirit amongst men. The phrase, "Spirits were high" means that your troops have high morale, without an appeal to the soul however I guess you could just replace the word moral with emotion.
To violate morale is to violate a collective understanding of right and wrong which usually forbids hypocrisy and inflicting pain on another without a justified cause.
From my understanding it refers to a collective spirit amongst men. The phrase, "Spirits were high" means that your troops have high morale, without an appeal to the soul however I guess you could just replace the word moral with emotion.
To violate morale is to violate a collective understanding of right and wrong which usually forbids hypocrisy and inflicting pain on another without a justified cause.