Ethics

Evaluate Aquinas’ theological approach to conscience. OCR Paper H573/2 June 2018 This essay was written under exam timed conditions on a…

5. Significant Ideas: Conscience Significant ideas in religious and moral thought, through comparison of the works of two key scholars from…

Freud understands Conscience as created out of childhood conditioning and experience. He describes it as the interplay between our primordial id,…

The exam questions are analysed in greater detail in my book How to get an A Grade and also samples fully…

For Aquinas, Conscience ‘bears witness, morally obliges or stirs to action, and accuses or disquiets or reproves.’ It is an act,…

In understanding Conscience, it’s important to consider whether God is involved in the moral decision-making process, how these decisions are made…

For an introductory lesson, listen to a lecture about Abu Ghraib prison and how good people “turn evil”: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html Combibe this with  some…

Questioning Conscience A study of conscience crosses over between psychology and philosophy, because it raises questions about the origins and purpose…

Conscience: Freud and Aquinas by Germain Grisez Source http://twotlj.org/G-1-3-C.html The different senses of the word “conscience” Sometimes “conscience” is used to refer…

An exploration of religious and secular theories of conscience by Andrew Capone Conscience (by Andrew Capone from Peped Conscience (by Andrew…

Conscience (by Andrew Capone) 1. Conscience Religious Approaches Secular Approaches Modern Approaches 2. Questions to be asked • What is conscience?…

Richard Dawkins provides us with a fascinating analysis of the origins of conscience which shares some of the features of theological…

Conscience as  Conflict 1. As the id is primitive (infantile), and in a sense compulsive part of the psyche, and driven…

Freud’s  Theory of the Unconscious   From The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Freud’s theory of the unconscious, then, is highly deterministic,…

source John F Kihlstrom, Personality, Chapter 8 But Is It True? This question can’t be answered without considering the various levels…

Aquinas on conscience (ST I, 79)  Synderesis is a characteristic disposition rather than a power….as nature needs to implant in us…

Extract: Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 62)   On the Duty of Civil Disobedience The practical reason why a majority is…

On Disobedience – Erich Fromm Eric Fromm ived through the Holocaust and in his books he sought to explain how people…

Pope Benedict on conscience In this article Robert Bowie, author of the textbook Ethical Studies discusses the views of Pope Benedict…

source Well, I’m unqualified to admire Freud as a clinician. I admire Freud as a writer, as someone who’s interested in…

Source A century ago, Freud proposed the conception of mind structure models consisting of the following three components: the id (unconscious/instinctual…

Conscience and Truth Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict) Presented at the 10th Workshop for Bishops February 1991 Dallas, Texas In the…

Conscience: Reformation and After source I. Sequent Conscience. The aspect of conscience earliest noticed in literature and most frequently referred to…

Conscience – Belief in God – Grounds for morality Past questions: 1. “Ethics comes from the human mind, not from God”….

WORKBOOK Conscience: Questions for Discussion and Consideration 1. What kind of ‘law’ is conscience?   2. What philosophical problems occur when…