good conscience
Clear ethical standing
Good conscience is a state of moral comfort—the sense that one has acted rightly or fairly.
The phrase appears most often in negative constructions: I couldn't in good conscience recommend him for the job.
To do something in good conscience is to do it without ethical misgiving.
Someone who acts in good conscience may still be wrong, but they believe themselves to be acting properly.
- guiltlessnessAbsence of culpability
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- doing the right thingMoral conduct despite difficulty
- heartCirculatory system's pump
accountability · honesty · inner peace · peace of mind · morality · moral high ground · absolved · responsibility · atonement · self-reflection · mirror · clean hands · clean slate · free and clear · self-awareness · unburdened · moral compass · empathy
- good faithbona fides, sincerity, honesty, fair dealing, candor
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- legal doctrinescollateral estoppel, strict scrutiny, equal protection, sovereign immunity, absolute immunity
- Pastoral EpistlesTitus, Paul, godliness, church leadership, false teachers
good conscienceguilty conscience
Self-blame for wrongdoing
bad conscience · guilt · shame · remorse · self-reproach
good consciencebad faith
Intentional deception in dealings
moral corruption · dishonesty · duplicity · hypocrisy · unscrupulousness
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