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Conscience

Conscience is a universal moral faculty situated in the human person that provides an understanding of one's meaning and purpose. It passes judgment on actions in concrete situations, either commanding or forbidding them. While certain consciences judge without error, others may be uncertain, doubtful, or erroneously influenced. It is one's duty to properly form their conscience through sources like scripture, church teachings, moral norms, and personal reflection so it can guide them towards good actions and away from evil ones.

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Conscience

Conscience is a universal moral faculty situated in the human person that provides an understanding of one's meaning and purpose. It passes judgment on actions in concrete situations, either commanding or forbidding them. While certain consciences judge without error, others may be uncertain, doubtful, or erroneously influenced. It is one's duty to properly form their conscience through sources like scripture, church teachings, moral norms, and personal reflection so it can guide them towards good actions and away from evil ones.

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Conscience

The Ultimate Subjective Norm of Morality


Conscience
Its voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good and
to avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right moment.... For
man has in his heart a law inscribed by God.... (CCC 1776)
Conscience is a
universal endowment
of all men.
Historically, almost every culture
has recognized the existence of
such a faculty. Ancient Egyptians, for
example, were urged not to
transgress against the dictates of
the heart, for one “must stand in fear
of departing from its guidance.”
CONSCIENCE AS A

MORAL FACULTY
It is that faculty, situated in the very depth and centre of the
human person, which accords to man:
-an understanding of his meaning and destiny
-an awareness of his divine purpose behind the world
-a perception of his personal calling within God’s plan
-an experience of the imperative character of this calling
CONSCIENCE AS A

MORAL FACULTY
CONSCIENCE AS A

MORAL
PRACTICAL JUDGEMENT
- intellectualistic concept of CONSCIENCE
- it considers the praxis of moral activity
- it is an ultimate judgment - person’s concrete
action in a concrete situation
- COMMANDS or JUDGES
Certain
passes judgment
without fear or
error

uncertain
concerning the
morality of the
action

Doubtful
Antecedent Consequent
judgment and obligation to judgment and obligation to
perform is passed before perform is passed after the
the action is translated into action is translated into
reality reality
Right Erroneous

ULTIMATE END
PERPLEXED
CONSCIENCE
a type of erroneous
conscience which, in
conflict with duties, fears
sin in whatever choice it
makes
DULLED/LAX
CONSCIENCE
inclined, on insufficient
grounds, to judge a
thing to be lawful
which is sinful, or
something to be a light
sin which is actually a
grave one
SCRUPULOUS CONSCIENCE
persistent, gnawing, unreasonable fear that one
has offended God or is about to do so
Conscience and the Civil Law
If somebody violates the protected interests of
others, such as life, health, freedom, property,
he brings into action the protective function of
the State.
Conscience and the Church
The teaching office of the Church helps the
believers to know what corresponds to a life
guided by the Christian faith
Right to Freedom of Conscience
true freedom of conscience does not consist
of “doing what I want” but “carries with it a
corresponding duty to respect the same
freedom of others”
Duty to Form One’s Conscience
Word of God
living faith of Christian community
moral norms
findings of the ethical sciences
personal communion with Christ

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