1. Conscience: What is Conscience?
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 26-06-17 13:45
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- 1. What is Conscience?
- Mostly understood as something which tells us right from wrong
- But when issues are considered in more depth the actual nature and function of conscience are harder to establish
- What is conscience?
- Where does conscience come from?
- Is conscience innate or acquired?
- What is its function in ethical decision-making?
- But when issues are considered in more depth the actual nature and function of conscience are harder to establish
- Generally seen as a moral faculty, sense or feeling which compels individuals to believe that particular activities are right or wrong
- Conscience may also be seen to prompt different people in quite different directions
- We consider our conscience to be a reliable guide
- Mark Twain
- "I have noticed my conscience fr many years, and I know it is more trouble and bother to me than anything elze I started with"
- Conscience lacks consistency
- Even individuals are inconsistent and matters about which we once had conscientious feelings no longer affect us
- If conscience is so changeable, how can it be a reliable guide?
- Religious views include:
- Biblical teachings
- Divine Command theory
- Works of Augustine, Aquinas, Butler, Newman, Bonheoffer, etc.
- Secular views include:
- Psychological
- Sociological
- Humanitarian
- Authoritarian
- Mostly understood as something which tells us right from wrong
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