Conscience

There is (should be?) a strong sense of right or wrong within every person. Everything he does, he (should?) knows whether it is right or wrong. Right is what is consistent with his conscience, his beliefs.
It is this justice/rationality which makes us rational human beings. And more or less everybody has a common set of rights and wrongs. It is because of these common sense of right or wrong that makes us anticipate how others will behave as rational human beings.
But sometimes we have to abandon that justice within us for some reasons. Pleasure can be one such reason. I know that smoking is not good. But sometimes that sense of justice betrays me. And pleasure becomes a stronger force. Everybody has such weaknesses. But for a majority of our actions we should act responsibly/rationally/justly/righteously. We shouldn't be governed by lust/pleasure all the time. And most importantly while we abandon our innner justice, we should be aware that we are ignoring the voice of our conscience. That would build a sense of guilt within us. And when that guilt develops strong enough to overshadow tha pleasure, we come back to the road of righteousness.
All this preaching was done to maintain this sense of right or wrong within myself. Because when i look at ppl around me I sometimes feel that they are abandoning this inner voice. And it makes me sad when someone close does that. I wish I could stop them, but these things should come by themselves.