Is <PERSON> the moral Conscience of <PERSON>?
I'll admit from the outset that I haven't read many of the <PERSON> comics, and this is taking information primarily from the Dark Knight Trilogy. It seems to me that <PERSON> is <PERSON>'s and to the same extent <PERSON>'s moral guidance. The quotes below are what I believe to be evidence of this.
What I'm interested to know is,
1. If there is further evidence from the comic series?
2. If any other characters who act as a moral compass to <PERSON> or <PERSON>? I was thinking of Commissioner <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON> who might be three such characters.
3. Can <PERSON> and <PERSON> be seen as separate entities who had in someway their own individual conscience?
Batman Begins (2005)
<PERSON>: What have I done, <PERSON>? Everything my family... my father built...
<PERSON>: The <PERSON> legacy is more than bricks and mortar, sir.
<PERSON>: I wanted to save Gotham. I failed.
<PERSON>: Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
<PERSON>: You still haven't given up on me?
<PERSON>: Never.
<PERSON>: Will you be heading back to Princeton after the hearing, sir, or can I persuade you to stay on for a day or two?
<PERSON>: I'm not heading back at all.
<PERSON>: You don't like it there?
<PERSON>: I like it fine. They just don't feel the same way.
<PERSON>: I've prepared the master bedroom.
<PERSON>: No. My room will be fine.
<PERSON>: With all due respect, sir, Wayne Manor is your house.
<PERSON>: No, <PERSON>, it's my father's house.
<PERSON>: Your father is dead, Master <PERSON>.
<PERSON>: And this place is a mausoleum. If I have my way, I'll pull the damn thing down brick by brick.
<PERSON>: This house, Master <PERSON>, has sheltered six generations of your family.
<PERSON>: Why do you give a damn, <PERSON>? It's not your family.
<PERSON>: I give a damn, because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in the whole world. Miss <PERSON> has offered to drive you to the hearing. She probably hopes to talk you out of going.
<PERSON>: Should I just bury the past out there with my parents, <PERSON>?
<PERSON>: I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir. 663
Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future.
<PERSON>: Haven't given up on me yet?
<PERSON>: Never.
The Dark Knight (2008)
<PERSON>: Know your limits, Master <PERSON>.
<PERSON>: <PERSON> has no limits.
<PERSON>: Well, you do, sir.
<PERSON>: Well, can't afford to know 'em.
<PERSON>: And what happens on the day that you find out?
<PERSON>: Well, we all know how much you love to say "I told you so."
<PERSON>: On that day, Master <PERSON>, even I won't want to. Probably.
<PERSON>: People are dying, <PERSON>. What would you have me do?
<PERSON>: Endure, Master <PERSON>. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of <PERSON>, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice.
<PERSON>: Well today I found out what <PERSON> can't do. He can't endure this. Today you get to say "I told you so."
<PERSON>: Today, I don't want to.
<PERSON>: I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight. But this is different, they crossed the line.
<PERSON>: You crossed the line first, sir. You hammered then and in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand. Some men aren't looking for anything logical. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
<PERSON>: There's nothing out there for me. 313