Что (кто) такое Scruple - определение

JUDGMENT THAT ASSISTS IN DISTINGUISHING RIGHT FROM WRONG

Scruple; Scrupulous; Scruples; Over-scrupulous; Pang of conscience

scruple

(scruples)

Scruples are moral principles or beliefs that make you unwilling to do something that seems wrong.

...a man with no moral scruples.

N-VAR: usu pl

scruple

¦ noun

1. a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of an action.

2. historical a unit of weight equal to 20 grains used by apothecaries.

archaic a very small amount.

¦ verb hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong.

Origin

ME: from Fr. scrupule or L. scrupulus, from scrupus, lit. 'rough pebble', (figuratively) 'anxiety'.

Scruple

·noun Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.

II. Scruple ·vt To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

III. Scruple ·noun A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

IV. Scruple ·vt To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to Question.

V. Scruple ·vi To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.

VI. Scruple ·noun Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.

Википедия

Conscience

Conscience is a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system. Conscience stands in contrast to elicited emotion or thought due to associations based on immediate sensory perceptions and reflexive responses, as in sympathetic central nervous system responses. In common terms, conscience is often described as leading to feelings of remorse when a person commits an act that conflicts with their moral values. The extent to which conscience informs moral judgment before an action and whether such moral judgments are or should be based on reason has occasioned debate through much of modern history between theories of basics in ethic of human life in juxtaposition to the theories of romanticism and other reactionary movements after the end of the Middle Ages.

Religious views of conscience usually see it as linked to a morality inherent in all humans, to a beneficent universe and/or to divinity. The diverse ritualistic, mythical, doctrinal, legal, institutional and material features of religion may not necessarily cohere with experiential, emotive, spiritual or contemplative considerations about the origin and operation of conscience. Common secular or scientific views regard the capacity for conscience as probably genetically determined, with its subject probably learned or imprinted as part of a culture.

Commonly used metaphors for conscience include the "voice within", the "inner light", or even Socrates' reliance on what the Greeks called his "daimōnic sign", an averting (ἀποτρεπτικός apotreptikos) inner voice heard only when he was about to make a mistake. Conscience, as is detailed in sections below, is a concept in national and international law, is increasingly conceived of as applying to the world as a whole, has motivated numerous notable acts for the public good and been the subject of many prominent examples of literature, music and film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience

Примеры произношения для Scruple

1. take of David Koch and has a few scruples of any sort

The Price of Civilization _ Jeffrey Sachs _ Talks at Google

2. had not your pride been hurt by my scruples about our relationship.

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Примеры употребления для Scruple

1. In particular, medical workers make no scruple to render their own blood and skin to patients.

2. How dare these provincial natives show the same moral scruple as might a God–fearing Londoner?

3. They made no scruple to change names without permission of the persons in question.

4. Each was brave and highly intelligent, but also selfish, cruel and without scruple.

5. Yet, the US did not scruple to rain down Daisy Cutter bombs on innocent Afghans.