Sentence:  [W]hile blowing opposite arguments from every point of the <WSD>moral compass</WSD>, the adventurous Baron quietly saw himself left to navigate his own vessel his own way, through this storm of his own raising. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The full range of virtues, vices, or actions which may affect others and which are available as choices (like the directions on the face of a compass) to a person, to a group, or to people in general.