The Five Moralities: A Survey of the Paṭisambhidāmagga and Pāḷi Commentaries

Ven. Sāriputta’s Paṭisambhidāmagga and some parts of Pāḷi literature as a whole contain a list and analyses of five types of morality that throw into relief aspects of the moral life that range from an ethical practice that needs to be improved upon and is limited via those forms that catalyze progress on the Buddhist path toward liberation to a form that constitutes full moral blossoming.

Although these five types by themselves comprise only a relatively small division of the quite vast topic of Buddhist morality, they can, nevertheless, serve as a self-contained unit capable of covering the essentials of it. 

Bibliography: 

Ṭhānuttamo. The Five Moralities: A Survey of the Paṭisambhidāmagga and Pāḷi Commentaries. Kuala Lumpur: Sri Jayanti Buddhist Temple. 2023.