At least three times in the past two months, I have heard intelligent speakers talk about a person’s “moral compass” which, I am told, is innate in all of us. The term has some appeal, and I will use it, but, oddly, I had not known that I was so equipped.

Presumably, one’s “moral compass” is like an inborn understanding of right versus wrong, coupled with a compulsion to act rightly. If it exists, it is an ethical guidance system inherent in our species and perhaps unique to us.

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