John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
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- John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
- Book: Grammar of Assent
- Argues - Conscience is independent of any system of authority
- Human possess an innate sense of what is right & wrong
- 'The impulse of nature'
- Describes how humans, as children, develop a moral sense
- Children have an innate awareness of God & morality
- Continues develop through life
- Nature gives humans an awareness of God & goodness
- Future is capable of destroying this
- Nature gives humans an awareness of God & goodness
- Describes how humans, as children, develop a moral sense
- Believed there is a link between what is wrong & what is against God
- Complete opposite views of modern net-darwinian atheists
- Richard Darwins
- Complete opposite views of modern net-darwinian atheists
- Believed conscience is important - determining the beliefs of the Church
- This influences the relationship between Christians & the Church
- Beliefs and morals of the church are used on the bible
- The teachings of the Church are moderated by conscience
- The church shouldn't act as an authoritarian structure
- Christians should be guided by conscience
- THUS Christians shouldn't obey unquestionably what the Church says
- NOR rebel against the teachings of the Church
- THUS Christians shouldn't obey unquestionably what the Church says
- The teachings of the Church are moderated by conscience
- View of conscience
- Agent-Centred
- Expression: 'examine your conscience' expresses this idea
- By doing so become better judges of what ideas are morally good
- This shift of information will result in the moral agent becoming a better person
- By doing so become better judges of what ideas are morally good
- Expression: 'examine your conscience' expresses this idea
- Agent-Centred
- View on ethics
- Philip Rule puts it the: '...personal engagement in the struggle to conceive ideas and verify their truthfulness
- Book: Grammar of Assent
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