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1 Welcome To The 2nd Term - Conscience
1 Welcome To The 2nd Term - Conscience
Conscience
It is better to die
excommunicate
d than to
disobey your
conscience.
CONSCIENCE
O When considering the nature and
Conscience
What is conscience?
A moral faculty or feeling prompting
Biblical teaching
It is assumed by some biblical writers and
Augustine
OConscience is the
voice of God
speaking to us
Aquinas
OAll people aim for what is
Aquinas
Conscience for Aquinas has 2 essential
parts:
Synderesis the use of right reason by
which we learn basic moral principles and
understand that we have to do good and
avoid evil.
Conscientia the actual judgement or
decision we make that leads us to act.
Accept general
principles
Aquinas Reason
seeking Understanding
Apply these
principles
to particular
situations
Butler
wrote that the most crucial thing which
Butler
Conscience comes from God
and must be obeyed
Conscience will harmonise
self love and benevolence
Butler
the consequence of an action is not what
Joseph
Butler
conscience
comes from
God
conscience
principle of
reflection
self-love and
benevolence
basic drives
Newman
O Conscience is the voice of God
O If, as is the case, we feel
Freud
O Conscience is most clearly
Freud
O The content of our consciences
Piaget
O A childs moral sense develops and
Piaget
Two stages of moral development:
O Heteronomous morality (between
Piaget
O Autonomous morality (10+) when
Problems
For Christians conscience is often