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demanding conscience

English translation: strong conscience / strong ethical awareness

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English term or phrase:demanding conscience
Selected answer:strong conscience / strong ethical awareness
Entered by: eccotraduttrice

05:42 Oct 11, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Psychology
English term or phrase: demanding conscience
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.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 08:15
strong conscience / strong ethical awareness
Explanation:
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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eccotraduttrice
United States
Local time: 17:15
Grading comment
thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5strong conscience / strong ethical awareness
eccotraduttrice


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
strong conscience / strong ethical awareness


Explanation:
They have a very strong sense of right and wrong and of their own personal responsibility for doing right rather than wrong.

eccotraduttrice
United States
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks a lot!

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agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐
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agree  Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
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agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
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agree  Phong Le
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
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