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moral compass
[ mawr-uhl kuhm-puhs, mor‐ ]
noun
- an internalized set of values and objectives that guide a person with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making:
a rebellious teenager without a moral compass.
Word History and Origins
Origin of moral compass1
Example Sentences
Political activist and singer Paul Robeson, who died a year before “Killer of Sheep” was completed, is all over the soundtrack, his booming voice serving as a moral compass, never more so than on “The House I Live In,” which hovers over a scene of Black children playing in a Watts littered with dirty streets and abandoned buildings.
Reid's resignation came after MotorsportUK chairman David Richards wrote an open letter to the organisation's members accusing the FIA of a "shift of moral compass".
Reid's move also comes after MotorsportUK chairman David Richards wrote an open letter to the organisation's members accusing the FIA of a "shift of moral compass".
He said his politics were "unchanged," but admitted he had followed his moral compass in quitting the party after speaking at a memorial for former SNP MSP Christina McKelvie last week.
He is Muslim, and in the past has said, “My religion drives my moral compass, but it’s not everything that I am.”
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