People feel remorse when reflecting on their actions that they believe are wrong.

Remorse is an emotion experienced by one who feels they have committed an action contrary to their moral code. It is characterised by feelings of regret, self-hatred and a desire to make the wrong thing right. Photo by ivett123. From www. ... Photo by ivett123. From www. ... Emotion, in its most general definition, is a neural impulse that moves an organism to action, prompting automatic reactive behavior that has been adapted through evolution as a survival mechanism to meet a survival need. ... Morality, in the strictest sense of the word, deals with that which is regarded as right or wrong. ...

The idea of remorse is used in restorative justice. Restorative justice is a theory of criminal justice that focuses on crime as an act against another individual or community rather than the state. ...

One incapable of feeling remorse is often labelled a sociopath (US) or psychopath (UK) - formerly a DSM III condition. Some researchers have lately suggested that this lack is more characteristic of the INTJ personality, a highly rational temperament that relies very little on emotion. In general, a person needs to be unable to feel fear, as well as remorse, in order to develop psychopathic traits. Antisocial personality disorder (APD or ASPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis that interprets antisocial and impulsive behaviours as symptoms of a personality disorder. ... See Also: Antisocial Personality Disorder Theoretically, psychopathy is a three-faceted disorder involving interpersonal, affective and behavioral characteristics. ... It has been suggested that DSM cautionary statement be merged into this article or section. ... The Center for Applications of Psychological Type is a non-profit organization co-founded by Isabel Myers in 1975 for MBTI development, research and training. ... In philosophy, the word rationality has been used to describe numerous religious and philosophical theories, especially those concerned with truth, reason, and knowledge. ... Emotion, in its most general definition, is a neural impulse that moves an organism to action, prompting automatic reactive behavior that has been adapted through evolution as a survival mechanism to meet a survival need. ... Fear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, whether it be real or imagined. ...

"Buyer's remorse" is the concept of regretting a purchase after the fact. Buyers remorse is an emotional condition whereby a person feels remorse or regret after the purchase of an item. ...

Regretting one's earlier action or failure to act may be because of remorse or to various other consequences, including being punished for it.

Bibliography

• Hein, David. "Regrets Only: A Theology of Remorse." The Anglican 33, no. 4 (October 2004): 5-6.

See also

• personal conduct
• guilt

Remorse is also the name of an underground computer art organization which creates ASCII art. Guilt is primarily an emotion experienced by people who believe they have done something wrong. ... Remorse ASCII, or Remorse 1981, is the official ASCII sub-label of ACiD Productions. ... Underground culture, or just underground, is a term to describe various alternative cultures which either consider themselves different to the mainstream of society and culture, or are considered so by someone. ... The phrase computer art scene or artscene for short, refers to a community of individuals and groups, that are both interested and active in the creation of computer-based artwork. ... ASCII art, an artistic medium relying primarily on computers for presentation, consists of pictures pieced together from characters (preferably from the 95 printable characters defined by ASCII). ...

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