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by something I did previously, while the satisfaction is subsequent to the action and is the result of a comparison of the action with a mental formula.
Whether or not this is true of the satisfaction we derive from what we call pleasure is a question concerning which there is room for a difference of opinion I think it is.
I think the satisfaction from pleasure is mainly, if not entirely, distinct from the pleasure itself, and is subsequent to it.
The satisfaction of a good dinner is after dinner mainly.
It consists in a consciousness that the pleasure just experienced has answered to a need felt beforehand.
But let that question pass.

Two differnent distinctions of right and wrong are generally recognized.
If a man acts in accordance with his highest ideal of conduct he is conscientious.
If we, he reproaches himself; and nobody can