social conscience

Example Sentences

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I am not sure endowing Sonny with a social conscience, presumably intended to point up the material’s contemporary relevance, is an improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A novelist with a sharp social conscience, whether setting her fiction in the present or past, Groff burrows under the bedrock of culture to explore the moral rot underneath.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

On visits he can look like a dad at a private-school charity event - wealthy but progressive, driven by a social conscience, with good jeans as well as good genes.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

“Amy was selfless always, she wanted more for others but never for herself. Generous supporter of worthy causes, she was the social conscience of our family.”

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

“That’s what social conscience gets you,” Ralf said as he helped Matt climb down.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer