Sociopath quote of the day: onlookers
“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.”
-- Henry Louis Mencken
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“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.”
Hm according to this quote I have a concience. LOL
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this I immediately thought...."mmmm...No..Not a good way to define what it feels like to have a conscience.."
ReplyDeleteDefine it in your own terms then.
ReplyDeleteDoes this make me normal yet?
ReplyDeletethat describes someone faking it...someone at a minimum who cares what others think and allows it to dictate their behavior
ReplyDeletea conscience, in terms of what it feels like to me, is simply an echo of what feels to me like an intellectual truth... that it makes sense to treat others fairly, and to not do so feels like a wrong answer on a math test, conscience just adds extra ouch.... its the sting and burn of the hot water that we know will scald the flesh
ReplyDeleteThere is no concience for me, only that little feeling you get right before you do something wrong. It's a good feeling.
ReplyDeleteDisagreed with Menchen actually, one's conscience regulates behavior whether or not anyone is looking.
ReplyDeleteDefined in my own terms...
ReplyDeleteConscience- the reaction of the mind to inner thoughts or actions that we use to base the judgement of right or wrong of said thoughts and actions.
"There is no concience for me, only that little feeling you get right before you do something wrong. It's a good feeling."
ReplyDeleteThat's just anticipation of something nice going to happen soon. It has nothing to do with conscience.
You could also add "It's a bad feeling." and then it would be anticipation of something bad going to happen... Same thing.
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I would agree with Aspie, but that's a choice based on a preference for logic.
Like it or not, the quote does in fact describe how "conscience" usually works, even if it's "fake". That just means most people probably doesn't have a true sense of conscience when all is said and done.
... I wonder if "true conscience" was ever really the norm in any culture or society? ... I don't doubt there has been times where it was the norm among the leaders (what today is called 'politicians'), or aristocracy. But that's a different matter.