A clear conscience is a wall of brass. (Roman) A good conscience is a soft pillow. (German) A good conscience is a sound sleeper. (German) A guilty conscience needs no accuser. (Dutch) A mind conscious of guilt is its own accuser. (Roman) An evil...

Buddhism knows nothing of an ‘inner monitor’ implanted by deity as an infallible guide to right conduct. ‘Conscience’ is a quality of the mind resulting from past experience. One’s state of moral development depends on...

The sense of right and wrong that governs a person’s actions. See...

CONSCIENCE, as commonly understood, is the faculty within us that decides on the moral quality of our thoughts, words, and acts. It makes us conscious of the worth of our deeds and gives rise to a pleasurable feeling if they are good and to a painful...

Conscience is an ability or faculty or sense that distinguishes whether our actions are right or wrong. It leads to feelings of remorse when we do things that go against our moral values, and to feelings of rectitude or integrity when our actions...

Thousands of black-suited lawyers facing police batons and tear gas to protest the declaration of emergency rule have become Pakistan's political conscience.Enraged by President Pervez Musharraf's assault on independent judges, the legal community has eclipsed discredited opposition parties as the torchbearers for democracy.The general's botched...

Nichole Thompson-Adams. We're puzzling over this Corcoran broker's appearance at the Cherry Lane Theater in a one-woman show called, "Black Girl, You've Been Gentrified!" An excerpt from the press release (sic's not included, but implied throughout): Black Girl You've Been Gentrified is a one-woman...

You knew it was over when several panelists started singing the old familiar melody to Glenn Miller's "Pennsylvania 6-5000."A resolution to protect the historic Hotel Pennsylvania from demolition is on its way to the Landmarks Preservation Commission after local Community Board 5 voted 21...

When Richard Lugar took to the Senate floor two weeks ago to express his grave concerns with the White House’s Iraq strategy, he was celebrated in some quarters as the principled and courageous face of an emerging Republican “break” with the President. Then, earlier this...

An explanation of the difference between authoritarian and humanistic consciences, as provided in Erich Fromm's "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem." Authoritarian conscience is followed because of either fear or the anticipation of a reward, while humanistic conscience is followed because a person knows that his/her actions, or decisions not to act, are morally correct and benefit humanity.

Essay presents a critical view to see that conscience is the voice of God.