"Good conscience" refers to having a personal sense of right and wrong, and acting in accordance with one's moral values and principles. It means having peace of mind and feeling guilt-free about one's actions or decisions because they align with one's integrity and belief of what is right.
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Our laws make provision also for those individuals who, for reasons they find compelling, decide that they can not
in good conscience participate in war.
Even though I was clearly conservative, and still am on many issues, I recognized that people
of good conscience can and do disagree on many of these issues.
I can not
with good conscience recommend enzymes when I know from experience that many babies do experience, the bright red markings indicating enzyme irritation.
But, because I could not in
good conscience vote to shut down the state I voted for the emergency expenditure bill.
Because we saw such dramatic results in our pets, we can not in
good conscience ever go back to feeding our animals their previous food.
Alas being a good and decent person myself I could not in
good conscience act in such a cruel manner.
After all, how could I in
good conscience go on to prescribe a course of action to parents if it had the potential to harm their children?
More and more pet owners find they can not feed kibble in
good conscience after educating themselves on the topic.
The 2.5 star overall is due to the fact that I can't in
good conscience even give it a Christian fiction award.
The school can not in
good conscience then request a student to go home and spend another 2 or 3 hours on - line.
We can NOT in
good conscience spend $ 600 + a semester on something digital that will literally never be used again.
I know that legally the loan is his and he is fully responsible for repayment, but I can't in
good conscience abandon paying it altogether.
I can't in
good conscience get a brand new dog knowing that so many out there are perfectly good buddies waiting for a second chance and a new home.
And we can not in
good conscience place animals that are aggressive, so we conduct a behavior evaluation on all dogs to help ensure a successful adoption.
I can not in
good conscience review a game based upon what it may, or more importantly may not be, a week or even several months down the line.
I can not in
good conscience encourage you to decorate, decorate, decorate when I don't balance things out with considering the life behind the decor.
I am now being asked to work overtime hours in the following week - but I don't think I can in
good conscience do so (I need the extra time).
Also, I know that my recommendations are somewhat biased but I can not
in good conscience recommend hormonal birth control because I just know too much!
Before we can move in
good conscience toward whatever God's promise holds in store for us and for the universe, those whose basic needs are not yet satisfied must be cared for.
If China (or indeed any country) has little use
for good conscience now, its global aspirations and connections mean that it has lots of need for good face.
Accordingly, this does not mean that every dog returned faces certain death, and many do end up finding forever homes — but we just can't understand how someone could willingly take an animal under their care only to return them, for reasons that could have been avoided or resolved, in
good conscience knowing there is a chance that animal's life could be ended.
For example, I can't see how a priest or pastor can in
good conscience sign a marriage license for «spouse A» and «spouse B.» Perhaps he should strike those absurdities and write «husband» and «wife.»
In managing a family business with over 9 well used Chase cards, the only message I can provide to Chase is that I can not send business and profit to them in
good conscience when there are so many other financial institutions that will gladly offer fine benefits in exchange for our high FICO, high - spend card business.
And it is this conclusion that leads proportionalists to dissent in
good conscience from certain official Catholic teachings, such as, for example, the absolute moral prohibition against contraceptive intercourse.
«A president who has repeatedly identified climate change as one of humanity's most pressing dangers can not in
good conscience approve a project that — even by the State Department's most cautious calculations — can only add to the problem.»