For the most part, people strenuously resist any redefinition of morality, because it shakes them to the very core of their being to think that in pursuing virtue they may have been feeding vice, or in fighting vice they may have in fact been fighting virtue.

Stefan Molyneux
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The belief that all people have a moral compass is a universal phenomenon. Many people feel that they would lose their humanity if they intentionally did bad things. Many others feel that even the idea of doing something bad is morally wrong and will never do anything wrong at all. This quote about morality is an example of this belief. The most important thing in the world to many people is not to feel like a good person and avoid offending anyone, but rather to make sure they never do anything wrong and never look bad.

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