  The natural question asks if conscience is a reflection of universal reality or social conditioning. Consider a universal reality first. Is the attraction to justice an attraction to a universal reality experienced as soul knowledge or strictly a societal value?  I think this is a faulty question. ‘Conscience' is neither a black or white concept. The age old question of "nature or nurture" is now seen by most biologists as a roughshod delineation of convenience NOT a black and white reality.  