The Big Other
n. the entity or entities that governs moral action by humans.
The voice in your head that represents the judgement of “what society would think” that keeps you from doing reprehensible things. In a faith-based context, God might be the big other that motivates…
Why Stephen didn’t run over the guy who slow walks in front of his car, why the Tiannamen Square tank driver didn’t run over tankman.
Freud — the superego
Zizek — the big other