Irrelevant to the notion of a moral code.
In order to claim a moral imperative to act peacefully in accordance with my own will, I must rationally afford others the same ability.
Else my own moral claim is invalid.
Easy enough for a scholar such as yourself to conclude but what about people of very low intelligence, or dullards and simpletons who possess moral imperatives without any reflection?
I don't see why you can't rationalize that your well-being trumps the well-being of all others.