Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
demanding conscience
English answer:
strong conscience / strong ethical awareness
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eccotraduttrice
Oct 11, 2011 05:42
12 yrs ago
English term
demanding conscience
English
Other
Psychology
People who behave well in highly threatening situations can be more prone to berate themselves—to experience feelings of guilt—than those who behave badly. This is partly because the former (heroes and victims) allow themselves to take in psychologically, and apply their demanding conscience to, the painful realities involved, while the latter (perpetrators and their collaborators) call forth every form of defense mechanism to avoid inwardly experiencing precisely those realities.
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Oct 14, 2011 07:44: eccotraduttrice Created KOG entry
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strong conscience / strong ethical awareness
They have a very strong sense of right and wrong and of their own personal responsibility for doing right rather than wrong.
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