moral compass

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moral compass

That which serves or guides a person's knowledge, sense, or intuition of correct virtues, morals, or ethics. Our country's moral compass has surely gone awry in recent times, as our priorities seem now to favor the wealthy accumulating more wealth at the expense of any other concern.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Viatrix	-	Late Roman
Uriah	yoo-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Alojzij	-	Slovene
Cornelia	kawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kor-NE-lyah (Italian), kawr-NAY-lee-ah (Dutch), kər-NEE-lee-ə (English), kər-NEEL-yə (English)	German, Romanian, Italian, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Lucjusz	LUWTS-yuwsh	Polish
Olga	OL-gah (Russian), AWL-gah (Polish, German)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Hungarian, Itali