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Evaluating Conscience
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- 1What are the key questions?- should we obey our conscience?
- where does conscience come from?
- what happens if God speaks to us and tells us something that conflicts with our conscience?
- can the existence of conscience point to the existence of God? - 2Give reasons why conscience IS a reliable guide;- if from God, it is infallible
- even if not from God, strengthens social bonds and allow us to flourish
- requires people to take responsibility
- give us a positive/optimistic nature of humanity
- general agreement about it
- adapts to situations because it forces you to adapt - 3Give reasons why conscience IS NOT a reliable guide;- how can we rely on something we can't agree about?
- how do we explain conflicting consciences?
- it is based on assumptions that there is an objective morality and that we are free to act upon what our conscience tells us
- even Aquinas acknowledges that is can be wrong
- can conflict with Biblical authority
- based on guilt, which is corrosive and destroys freedom and creativity
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