# Moral Compass Metaphor Points to Surprising Places

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-11-02-moral-compass-metaphor-points-to-surprising-places

The piece extends the moral-compass metaphor to show that ethical judgement requires contextual calibration and changing direction.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 2 November 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/11/moral-compass-metaphor-points-to-surprising-places/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 2 November 2011
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, ethics, politics, conceptual-framing.

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