I think the problem may have been that the ghost writers thought that "moral compass" meant "character who is a saint" rather than "character who can see the possible consequences of the group's actions and points them out". "Moral compass" in that sense *is* necessary to this sort of story and cast archetype.
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Date: 2010-09-27 10:25 pm (UTC)That, I think, is exactly what happened.