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Conscience A dictionary definition of a conscience is 'an inner sense that judges one's actions and makes one feel guilty etc', and this definition is accurate. Or is it? Can a conscience be defined so simply? Does the dictionary include a way of understanding a conscience, what lies beneath the 'simple' exterior? During the course of this account, I wish to explore two views that have been taken. A psychoanalyst by the name of Erich Fromm had a rather significant view on what a conscience is. He argued that the development of our conscience was greatly influenced by external authorities such as our parents, teachers and perhaps society in general. He stated that these external authorities eventually become internalised within us as to such an extent that we feel morally responsible to them. This authoritarian conscience is what then controls our moral judgement and is an easy way of controlling someone's behaviour....

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