Both the primary source, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, and the secondary source, “Why Do We Need Morality?” by Louis P. Pojman, provide evidence that effective leaders shift with the circumstances and situations within an environment. Louis Pojman explains that if one judges an act is right for a person, then it is right for anyone relatively similar to that person. For this reason it is important that leaders recognize even slight shifts in their people because it could lead to previous laws and standards being completely incompatible with the people. Louis Pojman cites this as the reason that ethics changed between the Old Testament and New Testament. Society was harder of heart in the Old Testament compared to the New Testament
