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CONSCIENCE. A feeling - yes An inner voice – yes * But not a definition. Conscience is associated with: reason & intellect is an act of judgment – types: Facts (the flower is red) Values (the weather is beautiful) Moral values (this man is evil) . Conscience – a definition:
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CONSCIENCE A feeling - yes An inner voice – yes * But not a definition
Conscience is associated with: • reason & intellect • is an act of judgment – types: • Facts (the flower is red) • Values (the weather is beautiful) • Moral values (this man is evil)
Conscience – a definition: …is a rule of conduct involving the application of laws to circumstances of life. • In other words: Is the action right or wrong? • Using 1. 2. • Conscience can judge an act in the past, present, future
Remorse of conscience – disapproval of a past act – aka… • Makes us aware of rightness/wrongness of an act. • “Judgment of reason” is conscience • What screws our judgment?
What is a “lax conscience” What is a “scrupulous conscience” What is a “correct conscience” What is a “doubtful conscience”