#134: How Do You Know If You’re a Good Person?

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In this episode, Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera explore how to build and test your own moral compass.

They discuss what happens when a pre-made moral structure—such as religion, family norms, or inherited beliefs—no longer fully guides you, and how systems thinking can help you develop a more conscious ethical framework. Using DSRP, they unpack the moral implications of identity and other, part-whole systems, relationships, perspectives, consequences, and the balance between self and others.

The conversation also explores values, beliefs, ethics, morality, rationalization, integrity, the Golden Rule, perspective taking, and the Love Reality Loop. Derek and Laura explain why moral development is not a one-time decision, but an ongoing process of testing your mental models against reality and asking whether your actions work not just for you, but for the larger systems you are part of.

If you’ve ever questioned your values, struggled with inherited beliefs, or wondered how to know whether you are doing the right thing, this episode offers a systems thinking framework for building a moral compass with clarity, humility, and agency.