Criticsms

Question 1

Support for Aquinas about mistake

Answer 1

Explains how conscience can make mistakes through the idea of ignorance and prudence

Question 2

Support for Aquinas about disagreement

Answer 2

Explains variation and moral disagreement, if God it was God’s voice we would agree on what standards are but as it is not we don’t

Question 3

Weakness of Aquinas about factors

Answer 3

Does not take into account social and environmental factors that affect our moral views

Question 4

Strength of Freud about psychological experience

Answer 4

Explains how psychological development affects conscience from childhood e.g feral children

Also explains how it changes across time and place

Question 5

Strength of Freud about conscience being non physical

Answer 5

Umbrella term of various factors. E.g voice of society and parents along with norms and values

Question 6

Weakness of Freud about universal goods

Answer 6

Moral values in our upbringing can be countered by moral values which are largely shared regardless of culture and upbringing (Dawkins)

Question 7

Weakness of Freud about scientificness

Answer 7

Cannot be falsified and Oedipus complex loses credibility