Talk:Guilt

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"a concept used in various ways in various contexts"...wouldn't that apply to just about anything?

Guilt has such a negative connotation that it's often hard to accept it has a very necessary advisory role. Of course being guilty and feeling guilty are two different pebbles of the same colour. In the same manner we have an oil light on the dash of our car that comes on to warn us of possible damage if ignored, the feeling of guilt that can come over us is only a warning light and is as practical and necessary as, say, the feeling of hunger, which is to let us know it's time to take in sustenance. The feeling of guilt comes about when we wish to advise ourselves that there is a problem with integrating ideas, in other words, we've just compromised our values. The feeling of guilt will persist until the problem is addressed through change. It is not meant to indicate right or wrong, its role is only to advise a conflict of values has been introduced.