- conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong - motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
--1 is a kind of ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
--1 has particulars:superego; wee small voice, small voice, voice of conscience; sense of shame, sense of duty - conscience - conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience"
--2 is a kind of morality
--2 has particulars: conscientiousness; unconscientiousness- conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
--3 is a kind of shame
- conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"