Conscience Flashcards
Aquinas on recta ratio
Our God given reason
Aquinas on syndersis
Our awareness of the primary precepts, directing us towards good
Aquinas on conscientia
Our reason making moral judgements
Aquinas on invincible ignorance
Lack of knowledge the person is not responsible for
Eg) a baby not knowing the major arteries
Aquinas on vincible ignorance
Ignorance we are responsible for
Eg) a heart surgeon not knowing the major arteries
Aquinas support
Newman
Conscience = messenger from God
All humans have a innate awareness of God and morality
“I Salute conscience”
Nurture destroys connection with god causing bad actions
Support of Aquinas
Augustine
God voice whispering to us right from wrong
“See God as your Witness”
Support of Aquinas
Butler
Faculty of reflection
Separates us from animals
Conscience = supreme authority
Freud
Oedipus complex
Child desires mother
Creates guilt
Forms the conscience
Support of Freud
Daniel Maguire
Culture and experience shapes conscience
Death and tragedy a huge influence
Support of Freud
Gula
Community influences how our conscience works
Freud
ID
Instinctive impulses
Freud
Ego
Restricts the ID, aware of consequences and social interaction
Freud
Super Ego
Constricts the Id
Works on internalised ideals from parents
Makes us behave morally
Strengths of Freud
Explains the varying consciousnesses as subjective to experience
Non religious, supported by secular society
