conscience Flashcards
ratio
word by aquinas to describe reason
placed in everyone by god
synderesis
means to follow good and avoid evil
vincible ignorance
how aquinas describes a lack of knowledge for which a person is responsible
invisible ignorance
for aquinas lack that a person is not responsible for
conscientias
aquinas defines it as the process whereby a persons reason make moral judgment
aquinas 3 features of consciousness to follow moral law
- witness
- bind and incite
- accuse, torment and rebuke
what did st jerome think the spark of conscience was
the power to distinguish good from evil
what did aqunias believe ratio did
distinguish humans from animals
to aquinas ratio is
a divine gift from god
what did martin luther king say in his speech
that people should act according to their consciousness even when the action is disliked or dangerous
what did pauls letters romans 1:20 suggest
that we can move our knowledge from this world to knowledge of the eternal world
what did zigmunt bauman say
morality may manifest itself in insubordination towards socially upheld principles and in an action openly defying social solidarity and consensus
what did hannah arendt argue when writing about the holocaust
when the norms of society become profoundly immoral you must reject them
what did aqunias think we both have which is shown in the garden of eden
synderesis and sensuality
what did newman say about moral responsibility
you should never surrender your moral responsibility to someone else
