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What is the role of conscience according to the text?
What is the role of conscience according to the text?
What is the difference between antecedent and consequent conscience?
What is the difference between antecedent and consequent conscience?
How does Vatican II describe the law detected in the depths of our conscience?
How does Vatican II describe the law detected in the depths of our conscience?
What does the text suggest is crucial for moral law to guide human activity towards God's plan?
What does the text suggest is crucial for moral law to guide human activity towards God's plan?
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How can a person educate their conscience according to the text?
How can a person educate their conscience according to the text?
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Why is obeying one's conscience equated with true freedom in the text?
Why is obeying one's conscience equated with true freedom in the text?
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What does Gaudium et Spes, no. 16 clarify about conscience?
What does Gaudium et Spes, no. 16 clarify about conscience?
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What is the etymological origin of the word 'conscience'?
What is the etymological origin of the word 'conscience'?
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How does Gaudium et Spes view the role of conscience when obeyed?
How does Gaudium et Spes view the role of conscience when obeyed?
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What does conscience do before a decision is made?
What does conscience do before a decision is made?
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Why is conscience considered both subjective and objective?
Why is conscience considered both subjective and objective?
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What is the inner voice of conscience described as?
What is the inner voice of conscience described as?
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Can conscience be controlled or silenced by individuals?
Can conscience be controlled or silenced by individuals?
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How does conscience affect individuals when rejected?
How does conscience affect individuals when rejected?
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According to Church teaching, where do persons detect the law that holds them to obedience?
According to Church teaching, where do persons detect the law that holds them to obedience?
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What does conscience serve as according to CFC no. 723?
What does conscience serve as according to CFC no. 723?
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How is the voice of conscience related to God and others in the community?
How is the voice of conscience related to God and others in the community?
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What type of conscience judges things truly as they are?
What type of conscience judges things truly as they are?
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Which type of conscience judges things in a distorted manner, considering bad acts as good and good acts as bad?
Which type of conscience judges things in a distorted manner, considering bad acts as good and good acts as bad?
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What type of conscience minimizes grave sins but maximizes small ones?
What type of conscience minimizes grave sins but maximizes small ones?
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When does a doubtful conscience occur?
When does a doubtful conscience occur?
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What is the significance of keeping an open mind regarding conscience?
What is the significance of keeping an open mind regarding conscience?
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'A lax conscience categorically needs a right education.' What does a lax conscience fail to see?
'A lax conscience categorically needs a right education.' What does a lax conscience fail to see?
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What is the purpose of educating one's conscience according to the text?
What is the purpose of educating one's conscience according to the text?
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How can one educate their conscience according to the text?
How can one educate their conscience according to the text?
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Why is it important to cultivate good habits in educating one's conscience?
Why is it important to cultivate good habits in educating one's conscience?
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What does 'militating against evil' involve in the education of conscience?
What does 'militating against evil' involve in the education of conscience?
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How should human freedom be used according to the text?
How should human freedom be used according to the text?
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Which step is NOT part of educating one's conscience according to the text?
Which step is NOT part of educating one's conscience according to the text?
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Study Notes
Conscience: The Subjective Norm of Morality
- Conscience is the proximate norm of personal morality, our ultimate subjective norm for discerning moral good and evil, with the feeling of being bound to follow its directive.
Etymology and Meaning
- Conscience comes from the Latin phrase "cum alia sceintia" meaning "acting with knowledge".
- It is an act of the practical judgment of reason, deciding upon an individual action as good and to be performed or as evil and to be avoided.
Functions of Conscience
- Sorts the data before a decision is made, prompting us to look at the alternatives involved and the various consequences of each alternative.
- Enables the person to make a judgment after considering the relevant data.
- Helps the person judge after the action whether the initial judgment was right.
Kinds of Conscience
- Antecedent Conscience: a judgment before an action is done.
- Consequent Conscience: judgment after an act is done.
- True Conscience: judgment which judges things truly as they are; judges what is good as good and what is evil as evil.
- Certain Conscience: subjective certainty of the legality of particular actions to be done or omitted.
- Erroneous Conscience: false conscience; judges things in a distorted manner since it considers bad acts as good and good acts as bad.
- Doubtful Conscience: happens when a person is unsure about the correctness of his/her judgment.
- Scrupulous Conscience: one which sees wrong where there is none or it exaggerates the gravity of sin.
- Pharisaiacal Conscience: minimizes grave sins but maximizes small ones.
- Lax Conscience: one fails to see wrong where there is wrong.
Education of Conscience
- Studying and searching for truths in the laws and in the sciences.
- Cultivation of good habits.
- Militating against evil, condemning it where we find it.
- Learning how to use freedom wisely.
Importance of Conscience
- Conscience is the inner voice, summoning us to love the good and avoid evil, by applying objective moral norms to our particular acts.
- Conscience is at once subjective and objective, because it is ours, but also calls us out of ourselves to be related to a reality greater and beyond us.
- Our conscience can be misinformed, and we have an obligation to keep an open mind and to positively seek out the truth.
- We can violate our conscience, and when we choose what our conscience clearly tells us is wrong, we do the wrong thing; hence, we sin.
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This quiz covers the concept of conscience, its functions, and comparisons between different types of conscience. It also explores how a person can educate their conscience through individual reflection. Test your knowledge on this important moral topic!