Nor does living according to a consistent set of principles amount to integrity. Hitler and the murderers of Bosnia also strove for their principles. The Lutheran asked Carter those questions during an interview in Chicago. As I define it, integrity involves three steps. The first is to discern what is right and wrong.
Discernment takes time and emotional energy.
It's much easier to follow the crowd. The second step is to struggle to live according to the sense of right and wrong you have discerned. The third is to be willing to say what we are doing and why we are doing it. Your book places great weight on discern ment. Americans tend to ignore the first step.