 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
We know that conscience enjoins different acts in different parts of the world, and that broadly speaking it is everywhere in agreement with tribal custom. What, then, is really happening when a man's conscience pricks him? The word 'conscience' covers. as a matter of fact, several different feelings; the simplest of these is the fear of being found out.
Source: The Conquest of Happiness, by Bertrqnd Russell, chapter 7
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