The Difference Between Values and Morals 

I found this in a recent issue of Classical Wisdom. It’s a reader’s response to an article about “conscience.” Although values and morals have their own individual meanings, I thought he did a good job of making a simple and useful distinction between them.

“Our ‘values’ are created in our early middle adolescence – 12-16. Our ‘morals’ alter with time and place, our ‘values’ never change. Indeed, we go to the grave with our values. If you cross your values, the internal pain is not worth the thought and or deed.”