Ethics is the study of right conduct. Nearly every decision we make and every action we take involve decisions between acts we ought to pursue and those we ought to avoid. Our laws, our legislature, our courts, and our government are institutional reflections of our ethics. Our transgressions, our crimes, and our vices all reflect our ethical failings, while our altruism, charity, and self-sacrifice reflect our ethical aspirations. Wherever humans have enjoyed any freedom to decide their own actions, there is ethics. Boxing the Moral Compass is an introduction to moral reasoning. It has two...