Sign-In
Cart
The Moral Compass: Finding Common Ground
Paperback
PhilosophyGeneral SociologyGeneral World History
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 22 2026
Pages: 794
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In an age of division, uncertainty, and rapid change, what values still unite us?
Across cultures, religions, political systems, and centuries of human history, people have wrestled with the same fundamental questions:
How should we treat one another?
What responsibilities accompany freedom?
How do societies build trust, justice, and cooperation?
What kind of world should we leave behind for future generations?
In The Moral Compass: Finding Common Ground, Alina Vey explores the timeless principles that have guided human societies throughout history and examines their relevance in the modern world.
Drawing upon philosophy, history, psychology, ethics, religion, and contemporary social challenges, this thought-provoking book examines fifteen essential virtues that form the foundation of human flourishing:
Truth. Respect. Responsibility. Compassion. Justice. Courage. Integrity. Forgiveness. Humility. Cooperation. Tolerance. Hope. Wisdom. Community. Legacy.
Rather than advocating a political ideology or religious doctrine, The Moral Compass seeks to identify the enduring values that transcend divisions and help people navigate an increasingly complex world.
Through historical examples, cross-cultural perspectives, philosophical insights, and practical reflection, the book explores how individuals and societies can cultivate the character, judgment, and responsibility necessary to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
At a time when disagreement often turns into hostility and differences threaten to overshadow shared humanity, The Moral Compass offers a balanced and hopeful examination of the principles that make peaceful coexistence, meaningful cooperation, and human progress possible.
This is a book for readers interested in:
- Ethics and moral philosophy
- Human behaviour and psychology
- Social cohesion and community
- Leadership and character
- Personal growth and self-reflection
- History, culture, and civilisation
- The future of humanity
Thoughtful, accessible, and deeply human, The Moral Compass is an invitation to reflect on the values that shape our lives, our societies, and the future we will leave behind.
Because while humanity may never agree on everything, we can still search for the principles that help us live together, flourish together, and build a better future together.
Also from
Vey, Alina
The Meaning Crisis: Identity, Purpose, and the Search for Belonging in the Modern World
Vey, Alina
Paperback
The Collapse of the Post War World: Global Instability and the End of the Modern International Order
Vey, Alina
Paperback
The New Great Game: Power, Technology, and the Struggle for the Twenty-First Century
Vey, Alina
Paperback
The Age of Fragmentation: Power, Sovereignty, and Survival in a Multipolar World
Vey, Alina
Paperback
Also in
Philosophy
In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument
Williams, Bernard
Paperback
The American Indian Mind in a Linear World: American Indian Studies and Traditional Knowledge
Fixico, Donald Lee
Paperback
Dreaming of Cinema: Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media
Lowenstein, Adam
Paperback
Machine Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Spiritual Freedom and the Re-Animation of Matter
Lafitte, Luke
Paperback
The Sociogony: Social Facts and the Ontology of Objects, Things, and Monsters
Worrell, Mark P.
Paperback
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
Pirsig, Robert M.
Pirsig, Wendy K.
Hardcover
Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
Roudinesco, Elisabeth
Paperback
The New Science of Giambattista Vico: Unabridged Translation of the Third Edition (1744) with the Addition of Practic of the New Science
Vico, Giambattista
Paperback
Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine's Practical Philosophy
Burt, Donald X.
Paperback
The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
Gottlieb, Anthony
Paperback
The Modes of Scepticism: Ancient Texts and Modern Interpretations
Barnes, Jonathan
Julia, Annas
Annas, Julia
Paperback
Essays V2: Moral And Entertaining On The Various Faculties And Passions Of The Human Mind (1815)
Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of
Paperback
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Holiday, Ryan
Hanselman, Stephen
Hardcover
The Obstacle Is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph
Holiday, Ryan
Hardcover
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Godfrey-Smith, Peter
Paperback
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition: The Global Bestseller
Mackesy, Charlie
Hardcover
The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us
Goldstein, Rebecca Newberger
Hardcover
The Courage to Be Ordinary: Discover Your Surprising Superpower for a Thriving Life
Kishimi, Ichiro
Paperback
Self-Help from the Middle Ages: What the Seven Deadly Sins Can Teach Us about Living
Jones, Peter
Hardcover
My Big TOE Awakening Discovery Inner Workings: The Complete My Big TOE Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics and Metaphysics
Campbell, Thomas
Hardcover
Revolt Against the Modern World: Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga
Evola, Julius
Hardcover
The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
Easton, Dossie
Hardy, Janet W.
Paperback
Self-Reliance and Nature: The Complete First and Second Series of Emerson's Essays
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Hardcover