What is conscience?

What is conscience?

1. does it exist?

   • it is witnessed in both Sacred Scripture and human experience

2. rights and duties of conscience

   • must exercise moral conscience right
     • not be forced against it
       • or prevented in acting in accordance with
         • must obey moral law

3. conscience and moral truth

   • good conscience applies moral truth
     • does not create it
       • it fails when the objective moral law is ignored or misunderstood
         • is not an infallible guide and can be ignorant or blinded