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 Doubtless from the earliest times in which groups established social customs, or mores, and enforced them, members of such groups who were tempted to violate these mores could almost feel the disapproval of their fellows and hear in their...

The development of conscience, or moral development, involves the formation of a consistent value system on which to base decisions concerning behaviors. Conscience is generally concerned with individuals making distinctions about "right" and "wrong,"...

a personal sense of the moral content of one's own conduct, intentions, or character with regard to a feeling of obligation to do right or be good. Conscience, usually informed by acculturation and instruction, is thus generally understood to give...

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 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...