moral compass

Example Sentences

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I feel like they deserve each other and like they’re the two with the most well-rounded moral compass.

From Los Angeles Times

"They were on the pedestal, they were the moral compass. The family kind of didn't have a moral compass on its own, they only only looked at right and wrong based on what the workers said. Right and wrong wasn't about what your heart or soul said."

From BBC

Judge John Dodd KC told Wood Green Crown Court that Chan was a "perverse and depraved" man who had "clearly lost all sense of moral compass".

From BBC

"I was proud to be working at a company with a moral compass. I'm not proud anymore," he said.

From BBC

And the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior.

From Salon