Conscience and Natural Law of Morality PDF

CONSCIENCE & NATURAL LAW OF MORALITY LESSON 5 | UNIT 2 | VALUES EDUCATION  CONSCIENCE Our inner sense of right and wrong It is like a compass that helps us travel and guides us to choose the good How is a person's conscience developed? Personal experiences...

CONSCIENCE & NATURAL LAW OF MORALITY LESSON 5 | UNIT 2 | VALUES EDUCATION  CONSCIENCE Our inner sense of right and wrong It is like a compass that helps us travel and guides us to choose the good How is a person's conscience developed? Personal experiences Society and culture Education or school Religion or faith Family One's conscience is well-developed if he/she... Thinks before acting Responsible for the consequences of actions Considers others in the action to be taken Learns from mistakes made Trying to do the right thing even when no one is watching Role of Family in Developing Conscience 1. The family is the first teacher of what is good and bad 2. The family's faith becomes the child's first guide in creating moral decisions WAYS OF THE FAMILY IN SHAPING THE CONSCIENCE OF ITS MEMBERS 1. Valuing things based on faith 2. Prayer and meditation 3. Role model of faith 4. Faith-based discipline 5. Forgiveness as a value  Natural Law of Morality (Thomas Aquinas) Thought that says there are natural laws embedded in our world that help us know what is right or wrong that guide us how we should live. Aquinas believed that we can know these laws using our intellect (reason) Natural Law of Morality (Thomas Aquinas) Laws that we innately know about good or evil Good Helps people to develop, and live well and happily Bad = Hurting people or hindering them from living well and happily  Prudence Ability to make informed decisions It encourages us not to be hasty in making decisions. THANK YOU