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Various notions of Conscience
• Feeling of guilt, worry, dissatisfaction, restlessness or a feeling of “hiya” when they do something wrong.
• Sincerity: to be “true to one’s self”: “I can do anything as long as it does not hurt anybody”
• What “authorities” tell them to do: the laws of the government, the Church, the parents, the “barkada.”
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THE SUBJECTIVE NORM OF MORALITY
CONSCIENCE
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As a subjective norm of morality,
Conscience has the final say in making moral decisions. It helps a person make the final judgement on how to act in a given situation.
Along with LAW, which is the objective norm of morality, conscience helps a person determine whether one is doing the right or the wrong.
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CONSCIENCE• It is the inner voice summoning us
to love the good and avoid evil, by applying objective moral norms to our particular acts, and thus commanding: “do this, do not do that”. (CFC 723)
• Basic tendency toward the good (CFC 701)
• Conscience is man’s most secret core, and his sanctuary. There he is alone w/ God whose voice echoes in his depths (GS 16)
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THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REASONING, BASED ON MORAL PRINCIPLES,
CONSCIENCE JUDGES AN ACT AS GOOD OR BAD.
Conscience is a JUDGEMENT OF REASON
by which the human person recognizes
the moral quality of a concrete act (CCC 1796)
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Two basic elements of Conscience
1. Moral judgment that discerns what is right and wrong.
2. Moral obligation or command to do good and avoid evil
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MOMENTS• ANTECEDENT - Conscience which discerns.
(Before the act)
• CONCOMITANT- Conscience in action. “Am I doing the right thing?” (During the act)
• CONSEQUENT - Conscience which reviews, evaluates an action which has already been done. (After the act)
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LEVELS OF CONSCIENCE
1. INSTINCTIVE LEVEL – Dominated by fear of punishment & desire for approval or reward.
• Natural level, normal for children.
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2. MORAL / PHILOSOPHICAL - Operates on the ethical level, that is, not just on what is commanded by some “authority” but now from awareness of the inner good or evil of an act.
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3. CHRISTIAN LEVEL – One’s Christian Faith illumines, clarifies & deepens what we perceive as truly worthy of being a person. It places moral striving as a personal call to wholeness & holiness.
We become conscious of the healing & liberating grace present in our very moral struggle & striving, as we are called to greater & fuller conversion into the persons that God has created us to become.
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CONSCIENCE
• SINCERITY • CORRECTNESS
It is not enough to be sincere. It is important to be correct.
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Ways by which our Conscienceis formed
• Through the natural education agents of family upbringing
• Our school training• Parish catechist• Influence of friends and social contacts
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FORMATION OF CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE?
A well-formed conscience is upright and truthful.
The education of Conscience is a lifelong task• Formed gradually in faith and through personal
& ecclesial PRAYER LIFE: Studying the WORD of GOD & the
Teachings of the Church (Seek the moral guidance of the Church)
Responsiveness to the indwelling Holy Spirit. Examination of one’s conscience which is
a critical reflection on our concrete moral choices & experiences in daily life.
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Types of Conscience1. Correct or true Conscience – corresponds
to objective moral values and precept
A good and pure conscience is enlightened by true faith, for charity proceeds at the same time “from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith” (CCC 1794)
2. False or erroneous conscience – one which mistakenly judges something as morally good which is objectively evil
CFC 727
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Work of Conscience
To judge the good or evil of an act, by deciding on its three essential aspects:• the nature or object of the act• our intention as agents or doers of the act,
and • the circumstances which affect the
morality of the actCFC 728
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Formation of Conscience
• INFORMED• ENLIGHTENED• FORMED
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The Catholic Church as Moral Guide & Teacher:
• Bearer of Moral Tradition• A community of Moral discernment• Shaper of Moral Identity.