Is there such a thing as having too strong a conscience?

Good thread of answers. Yes, there is. Maybe in India with culture norms around Jainism you could argue cultural acceptance of it (excessive compassion and conscience) but I dislike the caste system so I'm not happy to accept other baggage.

A scifi novelist asks what we'd do if we discovered intelligence in a virus, with a zoonotic disease risk. Would we destroy another intelligence completely? Would we permit our "thou shall not kill" drive to override?