Sentence examples for definition of conscience from inspiring English sources
Guilt prompts a cheater in danger of being found out to repair the relationship by redressing the misdeed and advertising that he will behave better in the future (consistent with Mencken's definition of conscience as "the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking").
(Using a broad definition of conscience as a form of moral self-awareness, Richard Sorabji claims that the notion of conscience can be found in the Fifth Century BCE playwrights as well as in the writings of Plato and Aristotle. See chapters one and two of his Moral Conscience Throughout the Ages).
Expect to continue to hear more quotes from GOP candidates and Christian Conservatives on the "true" definition of marriage, religious freedom and rights of conscience.
"All of the debate of the past five years has been about forcing people of conscience to bow to the new definition of marriage".
"My wife and I, as a matter of conscience, refuse to recognise the government's regulation of marriage if its definition includes the solemnisation of same sex couples," Mr Jensen told City News.
"My wife and I, as a matter of conscience, refuse to recognise the government's regulation of marriage if its definition includes the solemnisation of same sex couples," Nick Jensen wrote in a 2015 op-ed.
Feeling pangs of conscience?
A dialogue of conscience.
