conscience

Question 1

what is ratio

Answer 1

the term used by Aquinas to describe reason, which is placed in every person as a result of their being made in the image of God

Question 2

what is synderesis

Answer 2

for Aquinas, this means to follow the good and avoid evil, the rule that all precepts follow

Question 3

What is the Id

Answer 3

for Freud, this is the part of the mind that has instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in pleasure

Question 4

what is the super-ego

Answer 4

Freud uses this word to describe the part of the mind that contradicts the id and uses internalised ideals from parents and society to make the ego behave morally

Question 5

what is the ego

Answer 5

Freud uses this word to describe the meditation between the id and the super-ego

Question 6

what is conscientia

Answer 6

this is the name Aquinas gives to the process whereby a person’s reason makes moral judgements

Question 7

what is vincible ignorance

Answer 7

this is how Aquinas describes a lack of knowledge for which a person is responsible, and can be blamed

Question 8

what is invincible ignorance

Answer 8

this is how Aquinas describes a lack of knowledge for which a person is not responsible, and cannot be blamed