Are you talking about crime or emotion.A related discussion methinks
Is guilt a state of not being innocent?
Can one be guilty if one is unaware of doing wrong?
What is an acceptable "proof" of guilt
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RedHerring2
Are you talking about crime or emotion.A related discussion methinks
Is guilt a state of not being innocent?
Can one be guilty if one is unaware of doing wrong?
What is an acceptable "proof" of guilt
Innovative lateral, out of the box, blue sky thinking.
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cantaloup63
Either or both. Indeed does one need to "feel" guilty in order ot "be" guilty? (Not counting psychopaths)
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cantaloup63
Are you being grammatical or does guilt necessitate a "bad" deed? If so, then who decides what is good or bad - even on a superficial level, thirty or so years ago you wouldn't have been found "guilty" of a crime if you didn't wear a seatbelt.
Not specific, guilt is usually associated with 'bad'.
You can commit an act/crime etc - therefore be guilty of doing it yet never see court if CPS choose not to persue it.
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RedHerring2
I've probably mentioned before, the other dichotomy of: "doing wrong, but good" and the converse: "Doing right, but bad".
Obviously, few of the definitions of right, wrong, good, bad are universal.
Or as, Canta Ooha mentioned, temporal.
Obviously, few of the definitions of right, wrong, good, bad are universal.
Or as, Canta Ooha mentioned, temporal.
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cantaloup63
What about the "buzz" of feeling guilty? For example, I recently bought a few pieces of furniture from IKEA and scanned them all at the fast lane checkout (incidently, why is it that some people don't seem to understand the "fast" bit if these checkouts) 
. About half way home I realised that the bill was wrong, but not due to any fault of mine and by rights should have turned round and gone to pay for their error. Did I do so? Did I bug*ery, and the buzz of doing something wrong (technically shoplifting)and getting away with it was rather pleasant.
. About half way home I realised that the bill was wrong, but not due to any fault of mine and by rights should have turned round and gone to pay for their error. Did I do so? Did I bug*ery, and the buzz of doing something wrong (technically shoplifting)and getting away with it was rather pleasant.
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cantaloup63
for obvious reasons in your caseSome men feel guilty after committing adultery.
Some of us don't.
Any type you wish to mention - if indeed there is more than one type
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RedHerring2
Sorry to digress, a little.
I'd have felt guilty about buying something from Ikea as well.
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RedHerring2
I'm sure there is
1. the guilt, as decided by a court, e.g. blame, but the perpetrator might not feel guilty.
2. the guilt felt, say, by a parent for a child's misfortune.
3. the guilt felt by a survivor, why was it me that survived.
I'm sure there are far more suggestions.
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cantaloup63
Borderline case - once I worked out the error, my intent was to continue to fail to pay/rectify the situation.
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