Conscience Flashcards
What is ratio
Word used by Aquinas to describe reason. Placed by God
What is synderesis:
To follow the good and avoid evil,
What is ID
part of the mind that has instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in pleasure
Define super ego
part of mind that contradicts the ID and uses ideals from parents and society to make ego behave morally
Conscientia
person’s reason makes moral judgements (right action)
Vincible ignorance
a lack of knowledge for which a person is responsible and can be blamed
Invincible ignorance
lack of knowledge which a person is not responsible can cannot be blamed
What is a quote that St Paul said. (Romans 2:14)
“There is something deep within them that echoes God’s yes or no, right and wrong”
What does St Paul believe about conscience
all people know what is right and wrong because of our conscience
What would Freud consider conscience to be an?
An umbrella term for various factors such as culture, environment and education
What psychologist agreed and built upon Freud’s ideas
Fromm
What does Fromm argue
Two consciences: authoritarian conscience and the humanistic conscience.
What is authoritarian conscience
Interlaising our feelings of fear so that our inner voice becomes that of the authority
What is humanistic conscience
inner voice reacting to how well we are functioning in life e.g like looking in a mirror. A higher and more developed conscience
What can be a ‘however point’ toward Freud about proved
it cannot be falsified (proved right or wrong)
Who would defend conscience being an Umbrella term
Freud, Fromm, Dawkins
How can there be universal goods
Dawkins with desirable traits being passed down e.g no genocide or incest generally
What does Barbara Engler talk about Freud
Represent a variety of different functions/ dynamics within a person
Quote from Newman
“To conscience first and pope afterword’s”
Explanation from Hannah Arendt
Norms of society become immoral you must reject them e.g holocaust
Contemporary example from Fromm
Nazi Germany - People feel guilt if disobeying their government. Made them more weak and submissive to the Nazi party. Carried out their demands
Quote from Cicero
“If conscience goes, then everything collapses around us”
Idea from Fletcher
Morality is not set in stone
Quote from Aquinas say about Synderesis not being a power in Summa Theologica
“It is clear that Synderesis is not a power but a natural habit”
