Activity 2: Concept

Mapping
Conscience is relative to ethics in that our conscience determines which ethical
framework we adhere to. The conscience is one’s moral compass in life, telling us what is right
and wrong. Therefore, your conscience would be the deciding force in what you believe to be
right and wrong.

Human dignity acknowledges ethical limits to the ways we can treat other people. Kant
captured these ethical limits in his idea of respect for persons. In every interaction with another
person we are required to treat them as ends in themselves rather than tools to achieve our own
goals. We have to remember that God made us in the image of Himself. Although I personally
think that this cannot be taken literally but metaphorically. Believing in this can indeed make us
humans treat each other as equals. Conscience calls the person to love and do good, and seeks
the truth about what is to be done in a particular situation. It reflects on the good involved, the
circumstances of the personal decision, and the way in which human dignity is promoted.

Conscience makes a prayerful judgment about what is to be done. In order to protect the
dignity of an individual. Human dignity is the recognition that human beings possess a special
value intrinsic to their humanity and as such are worthy of respect simply because they are
human beings. Humans have a moral sense because their biological makeup determines the
presence of three necessary conditions for ethical behavior: (i) the ability to anticipate the
consequences of one's own actions; (ii) the ability to make value judgments; and (iii) the ability
to choose between alternative courses of action.

A person's conscience would play an important part in the motive of one’s action. The
motive would be influenced by what one believes to be right and wrong. That means belief in
what is the Truth also has a hold in this. The conscience can also affect the outcome, if a person
does something that contradicts his conscience, then one will feel remorse or shame for that
particular contradiction.