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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be [[conscious]] of [[guilt]], from com- + scire to know
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : the sense or [[consciousness]] of the [[moral]] [[goodness]] or blameworthiness of one's own [[conduct]], [[intentions]], or [[character]] together with a feeling of [[obligation]] to do right or be [[good]]
:b : a faculty, [[power]], or principle enjoining [[good]] [[acts]]
:c : the part of the superego in [[psychoanalysis]] that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego
*2 archaic : [[consciousness]]
*3: [[conformity]] to the dictates of conscience : conscientiousness
*4: [[sensitive]] regard for [[fairness]] or [[justice]] : scruple
==Description==
'''Conscience''' is an aptitude, faculty, [[intuition]], or [[judgment]] of the [[intellect]] that distinguishes right from wrong. [[Moral]] evaluations of this type may [[reference]] [[values]] or norms (principles and rules). In [[psychological]] terms conscience is often described as leading to [[feelings]] of remorse when a [[human]] does things that go against his/her [[moral]] [[values]], and to [[feelings]] of rectitude or integrity when [[actions]] conform to such norms. The extent to which conscience informs [[moral]] [[judgment]] before an [[action]] and whether such moral judgments are, or should be, based wholly in [[reason]] has occasioned debate through much of the history of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_philosophy Western philosophy].
[[Religious]] views of conscience usually see it as linked to a [[morality]] [[inherent]] in all [[humans]], to a beneficent [[universe]] and/or to [[divinity]]. The [[diverse]] ritualistic, [[mythical]], doctrinal, [[legal]], institutional and [[material]] features of [[religion]], may not necessarily cohere with [[experiential]], [[emotive]], [[spiritual]] or [[contemplative]] considerations about the [[origin]] and operation of conscience. Common [[secular]] or [[scientific]] views regard the [[capacity]] for conscience as probably genetically determined, with its subject matter probably learned, or imprinted (like [[language]]) as part of a [[culture]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience]
[[Category: Law]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be [[conscious]] of [[guilt]], from com- + scire to know
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : the sense or [[consciousness]] of the [[moral]] [[goodness]] or blameworthiness of one's own [[conduct]], [[intentions]], or [[character]] together with a feeling of [[obligation]] to do right or be [[good]]
:b : a faculty, [[power]], or principle enjoining [[good]] [[acts]]
:c : the part of the superego in [[psychoanalysis]] that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego
*2 archaic : [[consciousness]]
*3: [[conformity]] to the dictates of conscience : conscientiousness
*4: [[sensitive]] regard for [[fairness]] or [[justice]] : scruple
==Description==
'''Conscience''' is an aptitude, faculty, [[intuition]], or [[judgment]] of the [[intellect]] that distinguishes right from wrong. [[Moral]] evaluations of this type may [[reference]] [[values]] or norms (principles and rules). In [[psychological]] terms conscience is often described as leading to [[feelings]] of remorse when a [[human]] does things that go against his/her [[moral]] [[values]], and to [[feelings]] of rectitude or integrity when [[actions]] conform to such norms. The extent to which conscience informs [[moral]] [[judgment]] before an [[action]] and whether such moral judgments are, or should be, based wholly in [[reason]] has occasioned debate through much of the history of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_philosophy Western philosophy].
[[Religious]] views of conscience usually see it as linked to a [[morality]] [[inherent]] in all [[humans]], to a beneficent [[universe]] and/or to [[divinity]]. The [[diverse]] ritualistic, [[mythical]], doctrinal, [[legal]], institutional and [[material]] features of [[religion]], may not necessarily cohere with [[experiential]], [[emotive]], [[spiritual]] or [[contemplative]] considerations about the [[origin]] and operation of conscience. Common [[secular]] or [[scientific]] views regard the [[capacity]] for conscience as probably genetically determined, with its subject matter probably learned, or imprinted (like [[language]]) as part of a [[culture]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience]
[[Category: Law]]
