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merely personal moral code

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United States Supreme Court

the use by Congress of the words 'merely personal' seems to us to restrict the exception to a moral code which is not only personal but which is the sole basis for the registrant's belief and is in no way related to a Supreme Being.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - United States v. Seeger, 380 U.S. 163 (1965).