Conscience

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what is conscious?
a persons reason making moral judgement
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what is the conscious according to Aquinas?
the process of reasoning, the rational ability to understand the difference between right and wrong
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what were the problems of conscious according to Aquinas?
judgement may be clouded by passion ignorance or habits. differences in societies of what is seen as right and wrong
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what were the two possible ways that the process could go wrong? (Aquinas)
a person might not be aware of the relevant moral principle or a person be unaware taht a general moral principle applied in a particular situation
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what are the two parts that the conscious comes in? (Aquinas)
synderesis (do good avoid evil) conscientia (practical outworking of synderesis)
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what is Freud's theory on personality?
there are three aspects to personality; the ego, the ID and the superego
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what is the ego?
the part seen by the outside world and the thinking that we are most conscious of
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what is the ID?
instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in pleasure
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what is the superego?
the internalized ideals from parents and society that try to make the ego behave morally
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