private judgment

American  

noun

1. personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.

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private judgment

“Let me be clear, SkySilk does not advocate nor condone hate, rather, it advocates the right to private judgment and rejects the role of being the judge, jury, and executioner.”

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2021

“Montaigne is supposed to be the best proof of . . . the victory of private judgment over systems or schools of thought,” Desan writes.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017

Indistinguishable as U.S. and U.N. attitudes may outwardly appear, Washington has reached the private judgment that, for U.S. policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

And finally, the personal conscience, which we Protestants try to derive from the direct access to God and express as the duty of private judgment, is essential to the dialogue.

From Time Magazine Archive

In my own private judgment, I think an immediate repeal of the Stamp Act would be the best measure for this country; but a suspension of it for three years, the best for that.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.