I’m finding it difficult to live up to my morals. How do I know when it’s OK to compromise?

‘We despair of our chances for drawing a principled line that could explain why it’s OK to make just some effort, give away some of what we have’: Painting: Sad presentiment by Girolamo Induno. Illustration: Peter Horree/Alamy

I’m finding it difficult living up to my morals – where is the line between compromising a little, versus becoming complicit in what I don’t agree with?

I’m one of those people who believes we can each take a role in solving big problems, and that we should try to make things better where we can. For this reason, I’ve ended up working in public service and try to reduce how much meat I eat. I’m vegetarian 60% of the time, which is not perfect, but I believe doing something is better than doing nothing.