On Guilt

Question 1

Guilt is conscience telling a person they’ve done ?

Answer 1

Wrong.

Question 2

According to Aquinas, guilt is the sense that an action isn’t good, not in accordance with ? law. Synderesis indicates that things aren’t right, and guilt is the ?

Answer 2

Divine.

Result.

Question 3

For Aquinas, it’s God’s grace that ? guilt from a person.

Answer 3

Expels.

Question 4

Misplaced feelings of guilt can disrupt a person’s inner ? with God.

Answer 4

Relationship.

Question 5

For Freud, guilt’s a result of internal ? in the mind; the struggle between what you ? and what you feel you should or shouldn’t do.

Answer 5

Conflict.

Desire.

Question 6

Paul Strohm suggests Freud draws on ?: “Conscience isn’t “the voice of God in man”.

Answer 6

Nietzsche.

Question 7

Some later psychologists suggested that inner conflict can produce shame, which can ? a person.

Answer 7

Damage.

Question 8

Both shame and guilt seem to be present in the story of the ? of ? in Genesis, a story that informed Aquinas’ thinking about guilt and may also be interpreted from a ? perspective.

Answer 8

Garden.
Eden.
Freudian.