By Ethan Vesely-Flad

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. (Mahatma Gandhi, 1922)

As a first-time father, I am newly attuned to the issues of social, spiritual, and ethical formation that consume the minds of parents across the world. And as our child grows day-by-day, my spouse and I listen attentively to the stories of friends whose children are older, and may already be in school or other social settings. We have begun to wrestle with the questions of how our son will find his moral foundation, and what will shape his life choices. How is a conscience developed?

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