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moral compass

[ mawr-uhl kuhm-puhs, mor ]

noun

  1. 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.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of moral compass1

First recorded in 1840–45
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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.

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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".

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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".

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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.

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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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