Conscience is the internal motivation of a person, which helps to exercise control over feelings, attitudes, actions. This is the inner need of a person to be responsible for his own actions, actions. The voice of conscience can be heard when discomfort sets in, when a person himself violates his moral rules.
What a conscience is 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 animal fences. They are installed in zoos so that animals do not try to get out of the barriers. Pets, touching such a fence, receive a small discharge of current, and it hurts them. The memory of this feeling prevents them from doing this act again. The same thing happens with the conscience. Having once committed 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.
Howeverconscience (this can be easily traced by observing the lives of others) does not always fulfill its functions to the fullest. 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 badly, does not care about his parents. He is not tormented by conscience, because, in his opinion, he does not commit terrible deeds. 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. You need to "reprogram" your conscience in advance.
How to use your conscience
Conscience is a feeling that should work in the future, not in the past. Therefore, you should not wait until she wakes up and strikes, you need to think in advance about the consequences of your actions. Then you will not have to reproach yourself and suffer from memories of the past. It is quite simple to do this. Some rules must be followed:
- Don't argue with your conscience. You must admit your mistakes with dignity and calmly. You should never deny them. This can only lead to their repetition.
- Think out for yourself a plan for the future, in which you describe in detail the algorithm of your actions in order to prevent similar mistakes in the future. The best way to be friends with your conscience is to make conscious decisions and follow them. If you deviate even slightly from the given direction, your conscience will help you return to it.
Duty and conscience are one of the strongest motives. They helped peoplesurvive terrible wars, disasters, epidemics.
Does conscience change?
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 today's world it is considered wrong and unacceptable to live without benefit, to live at the expense of others. We are increasingly thinking about decency, the meaning of life, independence, the effectiveness of our existence.
