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    I Have No Moral Compass

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    People say I have no moral compass. They might have a point, after all, I am a smuggler. I sneak things like drugs and phones through borders and by soldiers. I have learned to lie without batting an eye. And I have never once been foiled by a lie detector. I am the best there is when it comes to skulking around in the criminal underworld. Because of this skill, I have quite a reputation. When the most powerful people on the planet need to get illegal items from once place to another, they call me

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    has been a since it first came out in 1960. Almost instantly, the novel won a Pulitzer prize and was adapted into a movie. Part of the book’s success is in its strong main characters, like Scout’s father, Atticus Finch. Atticus is revealed as a moral compass throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee through his speech and action. Atticus is a wise, understanding individual and a caring soul who is concerned for others’ rights. This is first seen when Scout is trying to convince her dad

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    The Moral Compass Points North In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain explores the ephemeral nature of morality through personal and societal interpretations of ethics and their operations. Specifically, Huckleberry Finn is introduced to multiple individual renditions from Pap, the widow, Tom, and Jim. Additionally, Huck is also given an ideal seat to view the narrative of the multiple mobs and how they interact with the world. Finally, Huck is put to the test and must evaluate these interpretations

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    basis. The mind is a resilient muscle that is able to face rudiments which we call problems. I learned that God has instilled in our minds a moral compass that will help us in making a righteous decision. This moral compass only becomes stronger when wisdom is searched out and applied. Only by wisdom can the mind become stronger and that the moral compass can become sharper in the guidance to true freedom. Our minds are in a type of bondage that requires an extraordinary solution or liberation.

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    this story trails an admired lawyer,  Atticus Finch, who supports a black man accused of violating a white woman in the deep-south of America during the depression. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, readers can conclude that Atticus Finch is the moral compass because he advises his children to not condemn a person until they have been in their shoes, to never eradicate things of purity and elegance, and shows his children to carry themselves with virtue and candor. “Mockingbirds

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    vital in our society, and every business or corporations should practice and be a model for everyone. Moral compass or social conscience has always been a part of most big business or corporations, affecting daily business choices and actions. These choices made will be influenced by the practices of the company and ethical decision making a business to choose a course of action, and if a moral compasses are to be upheld, corporations may have to rethink their long term benefit ahead of any short

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    Medical Ethics as a Moral Compass I work for a government run medical center.  As an organization we are run by government oversight, rules and regulations and high-powered patient complaints.  If a provider is not ethically oriented they will be found out and dismissed quickly.  The flip side of the coin, most people work at this medical center because they enjoy their work and the patient population.  We work well with one another and come together overall for the common good.  There are no incentives

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    may manage those (Noble, 2007). Morals does not choose what is ethically right or wrong; rather it considers how we ought to act better in the light of our obligations and commitments as moral agents (Noble, 2007). We are all molded by our own encounters, recollections, feelings, and learning influencing our observations, thinking and judgment of individuals and circumstances. These elements contribute to a person’s worldview, professional philosophy, and moral compass- the ability to judge wrong and

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    Results From A Moral Compass Ryan Smithson, an average teenage kid living in East Greenbush, New York , attending Columbia High School. Ryan was your average teenage, punk not understanding life until the day his moral compass sets in. The conversation on page 5 shows the first time Ryan heard about 9/11. “ A plane crashed into the World Trade Center” “What?”, says Ryan That sucks”, then the conversation picking back up and we talked about sex or drugs something equally as interesting. This

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    My moral compass is centered on honesty, transparency, and trust. Honesty is so vital in maintaining a person’s character and relationships with others. In the most difficult situations, when I’m considering my options I always ask myself, “Will this make me an honest person?” Staying true to your beliefs and reflecting them in your actions will make you an honest person overall. Even so, maintaining honesty with others is critical to maintaining relationships with them. People also value an honest

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