activity of the mind related to consciousness, besides perception and comprehension? (akin of judgment).?

Question

The mind realizes three activities, besides many others, that are related to the genesis of consciousness: perception, comprehension, and ? (conception? conceptualization?). This latter activity is the superior faculty of aprehending directly the notion of "Good and Evil", "Just and Unjust", independently of comparison or analytical discrimination. Most people "judge" in the sense that Good or Well is everything that causes them pleasure or at least don't harm them, and Evil or Unjust is evrything that makes them suffer or that causes them harm. My question is: what is the name of that superior faculty that allows a person to evaluate things in an absolute manner?

Answer 1

this "superior faculty" is a question of nature vs nurture. Are we Born innately knowing and/or recognising right from wrong, good vs evil. Is it that we come into this life pre-programed?

there are those that find pleasure in others suffering. Nature or nurture? A brain wired wrong or a conscience choice? It is a very interesting question. I think the brain and mind are to separate entities.

I believe we are beings of energy with the mind giving us the ability to "tap into" universal truths such as you speak of. The choice to use this is ours. Our brain is the device that takes in all we see, hear, etc.... Our mind gives us control of perception.

I hope this makes some sense.

Answer 2

You said it yourself; it's simply judgment, or moral judgment, to be more specific. Or if you wish, call it moral evaluation, adjudication, or arbitration.

However, I wouldn't necessarily say that those who see things in a purely polaristic manner are the most advanced at judging. Studies have actually shown that those who discern finer nuances and include them in their judgments advance to a higher level of moral judgment than those who see things on a purely black and white basis. Black and white thinking is classified as Level Four thinking according to Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Moral thinking that defines those things which benefit us personally as "good" and those which don't as "bad" is Level One. The stages go up to Level Six.