social conscience
Concern for others
Social conscience is an awareness of and concern for the welfare of others in society, especially the disadvantaged or marginalized.
Someone with a strong social conscience feels moral responsibility to address injustice, poverty, or inequality: Her social conscience led her to volunteer at homeless shelters.
The term often implies action beyond mere awareness—a compulsion to improve conditions rather than simply acknowledge them.
Right and wrong principles
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- justiceFair treatment under law
fairness · equity · dignity · responsibility · righteousness · decency · honor · values
Generous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- humanitarianismPromoting welfare through compassion
giving · benevolence · service · welfare · aid · generosity · beneficence · selflessness
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
caring · consideration · humanity · tolerance · emotional intelligence · mindfulness · connection · solidarity
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- complicityShared criminal involvement
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
penance · atonement · regret · confession · self-examination · culpability · reckoning · acknowledgment
Public expression of disapproval
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
rally · boycott · petition · grassroots · civil disobedience · organizer · activist · lobbying
Wholeness through cohesion
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
cooperation · alliance · partnership · collaboration · fellowship · camaraderie · mutual support · common cause
morality
Right and wrong principles
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
justice · fairness · equity · dignity · responsibility · righteousness · decency · honor · values · scruples
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
humanitarianism · giving · benevolence · service · welfare · aid · generosity · beneficence · selflessness · community service
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
awareness · caring · consideration · humanity · tolerance · emotional intelligence · mindfulness · connection · solidarity · fellow feeling
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- complicityShared criminal involvement
- responsibilityState of being answerable
accountability · penance · atonement · regret · confession · self-examination · culpability · reckoning · acknowledgment · collective guilt
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
march · rally · boycott · petition · grassroots · civil disobedience · organizer · activist · lobbying · sit-in
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
collectivism · cooperation · alliance · partnership · collaboration · fellowship · camaraderie · mutual support · common cause · union
- Catholic social teachingCST, encyclicals, human dignity, subsidiarity, common good
social conscienceapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · callousness · unconcern · disregard · complacency
social conscienceselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
self-interest · greed · egoism · narcissism · self-absorption
social consciencecallousness
Cruel emotional indifference
hard-heartedness · cold-heartedness · shamelessness · unscrupulousness · sociopathy
social, conscience, society, societal, socialize, socialization, sociable, sociably, unsociable