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Moral conviction is something that everyone should have, it is inherent, or at least that is the assumption. In the book, "A Case for Christianity", by C. S. Lewis, Lewis argues that it is part of the "Moral Law". Not the part that will make you forget about yourself and help someone else even though it might put you in danger, but rather the part that makes you feel bad when you have wronged another person or broken your own moral code. That is just it though, you set your own moral code, not anyone else. Sure it can be influenced by teachers, parents, friends, movies, media, and numerous other entities of our society, but the end result is your own choice, your own moral standard that you have set for yourself.

I was brought up believing that everyone has some sort of slight moral conviction after every action, this now, I believe, is simply just not true. Speaking from personal experience, if you believe that what you are doing is not wrong, or that it has a legitimate purpose, than you will not feel any moral conviction. This is of course a r...

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