To Kill A Mockingbord: Atticus Finch What is a man without morals? What is a man who does not care about what is right, but what is popular. A man with no morals is a poor man indeed. Atticus Finch is none of these. In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus is the only man in town he would defend a black man. He would not let his children fight and he did not care about public opinion. Atticus does not discriminate on the basis of color and does not use the word Niger. He is a brave man because he believes in morals in a time when racism rained supreme. Atticus had the courage to act on his morals in town, in his parenting and in his law practice. He fends off a tow