Conscience is an intrinsic motivation of a person, which helps to exercise control over feelings, attitudes, actions. This is an internal need of a person to bear responsibility for his own actions, actions. The voice of conscience can be heard when discomfort occurs, when a person himself violates his moral rules.
What is conscience for?
Conscience is a kind of compass that helps a person not to stray from the right path. It can also be compared to electric fences for animals. They are installed in zoos so that animals do not try to get out of the fence. Pets, having touched such a fence, receive a small discharge of current, and it becomes painful. The memory of this feeling prevents them from committing this act again. The same thing happens with conscience. Having once done a bad deed, a person feels shame, and the memory of this does not allow him to repeat the mistake. Thus, we can say that conscience protects us from committing evil and regulates our behavior based on memory and life experience.
However, conscience (this can be easily traced by observing the life of others) does not always fulfill its functions to the full. For example, a person does not, at first glance, do anything wrong. He does not steal, does not kill, but at the same time treats his children poorly, does not care about his parents. He is not tormented by conscience, because he, in his opinion, does not commit terrible acts. In this case, serious outside help is needed. After all, a person will eventually come to understand his mistakes, but it may be too late. It is necessary to “reprogram” your conscience in advance.
How to use conscience
Conscience is a feeling that should work in the future, not in the past. Therefore, do not wait until she wakes up and hits, you must think in advance about the consequences of their actions. Then you do not have to reproach yourself and suffer from memories of the past. Implementing this is quite simple. Some rules must be observed:
- Do not argue with conscience. You must admit your mistakes with dignity and absolutely calmly. You should never deny them. This can only lead to their repetition.
- Think for yourself a plan for the future, in which describe in detail the algorithm of your actions in order to prevent similar errors in the future. The best way to be friends with a conscience is to make informed decisions and follow them. If you deviate at least a little from a given direction, conscience will help you return to it.
Duty and conscience are some of the strongest motives. They helped people survive the terrible wars, disasters, epidemics.
Is conscience changing?
Throughout life, a person develops, and conscience changes with him. Even at a very young age, we can give clear answers to the question: “Is it possible to kill, steal, deceive?” It is clear that this is immoral. In the modern world, it is considered wrong and unacceptable to live without benefit, living at the expense of others. We are increasingly thinking about decency, the meaning of life, independence, the effectiveness of our existence.
