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Moral anxiety (n.) grows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from the child's realistic fear of losing its parents' love; only later is the outer restraint taken inside.

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Moral anxiety (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never end, since it is indispensable to social life, and only the rarest person becomes independent of human society.

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Moral anxiety (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠castration anxiety transformed by the super-ego: the ego fears that the super-ego will be angry, punish it or cease to love it.