Judgement

Judgement

Judgement (or judgment) is the evaluation of evidence in the making of a decision. The term has four distinct uses:

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Famous quotes containing the word judgement:

    “Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.”
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

    “A man’s conscience and his judgement is the same thing; and as the judgement, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.”
    —Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

    “In truth, the care and expense of our fathers aims only at furnishing our heads with knowledge; of judgement and virtue, little news.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)