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What does it mean?
Moral clarity is often immediate; regret follows bad actions quickly.
In plain terms
You usually know right away if you did something wrong.
What can you take from it?
Trust your immediate instinct about right and wrong.

Where it applies

  • ethical decision making
  • self-reflection

Putting it to work

  • listen to conscience
  • recognize regret

Questions to consider

  • When did you know an act was wrong?

Another view

Sometimes moral choices are genuinely ambiguous.

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