Walter White's Moral Compass Thesis

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The human moral compass serves the purpose of regulating judgment and deciding what is morally and socially right and wrong. While Walter White’s moral compass originally guided him toward legitimacy and integrity throughout his teaching career, he is eventually forced into a business filled with danger and corruption due to the financial demands of his chemotherapy bills. Existentially, our moral compass can deteriorate and be altered to become an impressionable state of mind, which can be influenced through choices and consequences in life. At first, Walter White is a virtuous, credible man who earns his living to provide for his family. But White’s career takes off and steers his ethics away from honesty. In conclusion, the desire to accomplish

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