conscience as innate voice of God (religious)

Question 1

Schleiermacher

Answer 1

• Prussian/German theologian & philosopher
• seen as early leader of liberal Christianity

Question 2

conscience

Answer 2

• believed to be source of direct revelation from God and to go against it is sin as would be hindrance to a Christian way of life
• sees conscience as part of what God does guiding people from within

Question 3

conscience being voice of God causes several problems

Answer 3

• amount of evil in world seems to suggest either God is selective in choosing who to talk to or else a lot of people are remarkably good at ignoring voice of God
• meaning of right/wrong is big problem with that is that it seems to make ethical discussion and decision making redundant
• most today accept that being morally good requires us to make free moral decisions and decisions made for us cannot be free. if voice of conscience is voice of God speaking to us, we cannot morally be free