Most non-religious interpretations of conscience take their cue from Sigmund Freud, who chose to call a person’s conscience superego, to accompany their id and ego. In this schema, a person's id is ...

Source: "Brain Illustrations," Denise Wawrzyniak, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 As is well known, Freud divided the human psyche into three functional parts: the id, ego, and superego. The id is a “dark ...

In this world in search of a new order, President Trump is America’s current id and, for many on the MAGA right, Elon Musk is their superego. Freud tells us that the id acts on impulse, while the ...

Review & Outlook: What started as a row over parental rights legislation has resulted in the Walt Disney Company losing special privileges in Florida—and serves as a wake-up call for other CEOs.