Where Does Morality Come From? It is true that there is such a thing as conscience and sense of duty. But What I am trying to get at is, how do we know if there is, and if there's not then how do we know what should be in a universal moral code. If there was a universal moral code then why is it that certain laws are implemented in one place and not in others? Also, if there is such a thing as a universal conscience and sense of duty, then why are there psychopaths and sociopaths? Clearly they don't have a sense of duty or a conscience and since that is the case then why is it that we impose laws on people without a conscience when we are basing our moral code on our consciences and senses of duty? Isn't that a form of tyranny?