Values vs Rules

Apologies if this post seems like it is all over the place. Ideally, one should live according to one's values, if nothing else, to stave of conscience troubles and according to rules to stave off practical troubles. But, this assumes that values are fully determined and unchanging. Even if we believe that values are unchanging, we might not even be aware of our values until confronted by situations that bring them into question. “Do what feels right/listen to your gut and if you are breaking rules, don’t get caught” seems like reasonable advice. Instinct lies at the intersection of mind and body, and can be a useful guide for action. “Our bodies leak truths all the time” as I read recently in a brilliant book. For instance, we feel uncomfortable in some people’s presence, even if there is nothing problematic in the words they use and their expressions are not hostile. Its our guts telling us to be wary of this person. But, a) our gut can be wrong  b) “what feels right, is right” seems like an inadequate moral code. We should allow for our gut to be overruled by our thinking mind, just as we allow the opposite. And, there should be some values that are beyond the influence of how we are felling on a particular day.