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
    • Believed there is a link between what is wrong & what is against God
      • Complete opposite views of modern net-darwinian atheists
        • Richard Darwins
    • 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
    • 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
    • View on ethics
      • Philip Rule puts it the: '...personal engagement in the struggle to conceive ideas and verify their truthfulness

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