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Noun: sense of right and wrong
  1. Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
    "Her sense of right and wrong prevented her from accepting the bribe";
    - conscience, scruples, moral sense

Derived forms: senses of right and wrong

Type of: ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals