Chapter Two Check Your Moral Compass
We know darn well what isright and wrong.
No one is raised in a moral vacuum. Every mentally balanced human recognizes basic right from wrong. Whether a person is brought up as Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Unitarian, New Age, a free thinker, or an atheist, he or she is taught from toddler on that you shouldn’t lie, steal, cheat, or be deliberately rude, and that there are consequences for doing so.
There is no such thing as a moral agnostic. An amoral person is a moral person who temporarily—and often quite creatively—disconnects from his or her values. Each of us possesses a moral GPS, a compass or conscience, if you will, programmed by parents, teachers, coaches, clergy, grandparents, uncles ...
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