Society and the values of others around you is where your conscience comes from. This however, is a deformed conscience. It has been molded by society's views, not your own. Just because society taught you to believe in something, doesn't make it right. In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, Huck overcomes the society's conscience, and goes with his sound heart.
Huck has a sound heart that outweighs his deformed conscience which society has given him. For instance, Huck was helping Jim who was a runaway slave escape to freedom. A great example of his deformed conscience is when he was going to turn Jim in, he thought, "Well, I just felt sick. But I says, I got to do it-I can't get out of it" (89). A
In conclusion, society has an extremely large influence on people's conscience. Society teaches you from the time you are able to grasp concepts that certain things are bad and other things aren't. However, if you know something like slavery is wrong, like Huck did, you should be able to stand up for it, and follow your heart.
An example of a deformed conscience that I have an issue with is abortion. It is legal, but there are many people who have different views on it, based on their corrupted conscience. One side says that abortion is bad because they believe it is killing a baby that isn't even born yet, and won't have a chance for life. Another reason they believe it is a bad thing to do is because the person having the abortion should be lucky they can h
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