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  2. Consciousness of guilt - Wikipedia

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    Criminal law. v. t. e. In the law of evidence, consciousness of guilt is a type of circumstantial evidence that judges, prosecutors, and juries may consider when determining whether a defendant is guilty of a criminal offense. It is often admissible evidence, [1] and judges are required to instruct juries on this form of evidence. [2]

  3. Conscience - Wikipedia

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    Conscience. Vincent van Gogh, 1890. Kröller-Müller Museum. The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix). A conscience is a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system. Conscience stands in contrast to elicited emotion or thought due to associations based on immediate ...

  4. Guilt (emotion) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Guilt is a moral emotion that occurs when a person believes or realizes —accurately or not—that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or have violated universal moral standards and bear significant responsibility for that violation. [1] Guilt is closely related to the concept of remorse, regret, as well as shame.

  5. Moral emotions - Wikipedia

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    Moral emotions are linked to a person's conscience - these are the emotions that make up a conscience and promote learning the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, virtuous and evil. When it comes to moral emotions, much changed in recent years. A large part of moral emotions is based on society's interpretation of things.

  6. Moral development - Wikipedia

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    Moral affect is “emotion related to matters of right and wrong”. Such emotion includes shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride; shame is correlated with the disapproval by one's peers, guilt is correlated with the disapproval of oneself, embarrassment is feeling disgraced while in the public eye, and pride is a feeling generally brought about by a positive opinion of oneself when admired by ...

  7. Conscientiousness - Wikipedia

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    Conscientiousness is one of the five traits of both the Five Factor Model and the HEXACO model of personality and is an aspect of what has traditionally been referred to as having character. Conscientious individuals are generally hard-working and reliable. When taken to an extreme, they may also be "workaholics", perfectionists, and compulsive ...

  8. Self-conscious emotions - Wikipedia

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    These emotions include: Shame. Pride. Guilt. Envy. Embarrassment. Self-conscious emotions have been shown to have social benefits. These include areas such as reinforcing social behaviors and reparation of social errors. There is also possible research suggesting that a lack of self-conscious emotion is a contributing cause of bad behaviour.

  9. Guilty Conscience (song) - Wikipedia

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    Guilty Conscience (song) " Guilty Conscience " is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper Eminem featuring fellow American rapper Dr. Dre. It was released as the third and final single from the former's The Slim Shady LP (1999). It was also released on his 2005 greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits.