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  2. Conscience - Wikipedia

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    Conscience, as is detailed in sections below, is a concept in national and international law, [ 4 ] is increasingly conceived of as applying to the world as a whole, [ 5 ] has motivated numerous notable acts for the public good [ 6 ] and been the subject of many prominent examples of literature, music and film. [ 7 ]

  3. 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]

  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. Freud's psychoanalytic theories - Wikipedia

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    Freud believed that the mind is responsible for both conscious and unconscious decisions that it makes on the basis of psychological drives. The id, ego, and super-ego are three aspects of the mind Freud believed to comprise a person's personality. Freud believed people are "simply actors in the drama of [their] own minds, pushed by desire ...

  6. 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.

  7. Mens rea - Wikipedia

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    Law. v. t. e. In criminal law, mens rea (/ ˈmɛnz ˈreɪə /; Law Latin for " guilty mind " [1]) is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common law jurisdictions, most crimes require proof both of mens rea and actus reus ("guilty act") before the defendant can be found guilty.

  8. Veritatis splendor - Wikipedia

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    Veritatis splendor. Veritatis splendor (Latin: The Splendor of the Truth) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II. It expresses the position of the Catholic Church regarding fundamentals of the Church's role in moral teaching. The encyclical is one of the most comprehensive and philosophical teachings of moral theology in the Catholic tradition.

  9. Guilty Conscience (song) - Wikipedia

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    Music video. "Guilty Conscience" on YouTube. " Guilty Conscience " is a song by 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.