Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below:

A mistakenly cynical view of human behavior holds that people are primarily driven by selfish motives: the desire for wealth, for power, or for fame. Yet history gives us many examples of individuals who have sacrificed their own welfare for a cause or a principle that they regarded as more important than their own lives. Conscience that powerful inner voice that tells us what is right and what is wrong — can be a more compelling force than money, power, or fame.

Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, fame, or power?
Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.