Biography
Sigmund Freud explained conscience as the superego — internalised parental and social prohibitions producing guilt — arising from the interplay of id, ego and superego.
Key Ideas
- Id, ego and superego.
- Conscience as internalised authority.
- Guilt as social conditioning.
Topics Appearing In
Exam Importance
The psychological counter to Aquinas in Conscience; note that his theory is hard to falsify.
Works to explore
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- Freud — Civilization and Its Discontents (by the scholar)