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 Along the way your heart will learn How good from evil to discern. ~ Epic Heroes, p.xiii In this modern age of moral relativism, sometimes we feel like we are in a wilderness of semantics. Long ago Isaiah defined “semantics” for us when he said:  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)
This noisy world can be very confusing. How do we help our children create order out of this chaos? We need a strong moral compass. (Where to find your own moral compass, and how to keep it working well, see Epic Heroes, pp. 35-46) How do we navigate a straight course and not get lost in today’s wilderness of confusion? First, let’s define the directions we might take. If one course leads to the confusion and chaos of moral relativism, at the opposite end of moral relativism are principles, or “moral absolutes”. There are lots of meanings for “absolute”, but when we’re talking about morals, it simply means, “opposites”. For example, the following are opposites: good and evil, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, freedom and slavery, love and hate, joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, etc. You can think of a lot more. Try it! Every day you experience another set of opposites: choices and consequences. Your ability to choose, that you were born with, is called your moral agency. Every choice has inescapable consequences. Choosing right has certain consequences, and choosing wrong has other consequences. Now let’s study the different choices on the map and see what they mean, so we can figure out where they lead. Some meanings have additional synonym links. When you want to find another meaning, just come back to this page by hitting the “back” button on your browser. If you get “lost”, just hit the “home” button at the bottom of any page, or “epicworld” at the top left of any page.  See also Epic Heroes, p.43
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