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conscience

[kon-shuhns] / ˈkɒn ʃəns /


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"Morally and in good conscience from an ethical perspective, I do not think I can continue to use this site," she said.

From BBC

He praised the country’s “persons of merit” for leaving “footprints of pure and clean conscience on the path toward the prosperity of the state.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But his wife warned that "the public conscience cannot be silenced. These hardships do not lead me to despair but to solidarity. I trust the will and conscience of the people," she said.

From Barron's

Religious leaders, from Roger Williams to William Penn, considered that “the Bible and Christian theology require liberty of conscience,” necessary for “true religion to flourish.”

From The Wall Street Journal

What might once have been shocking to a person of conscience is absorbed into routine.

From Salon