LESSON 5: Conscience

Question 1

__________ that guides us to moral living.

Answer 1

Tinig ng budhi

Question 2

What is conscience?

Answer 2

It is our ultimate norm of Morality

Question 3

What are the misconceptions of Conscience?

Answer 3

a. Individualistic
b. God’s voice within us
c. Feeling of guilt
d. External reality

Question 4

What is Individualistic?

Answer 4

-“My way”
-“It’s between me and my conscience”
-“Malinis ang konsensiya ko. Wala akong pakialam sa sinasabi ng iba”

Question 5

Why is Individualistic a misconception?

Answer 5

Our identity as a relational being.

Question 6

Why is God’s voice within us is a misconception?

Answer 6

our conscience is not God’s own voice like a radio that transmits a DJ’s voice through the air waves. We know that sometimes our conscience can be in serious error. It can mistakenly judge something if its good or evil.

Question 7

Why is our feeling of guilt a misconception?

Answer 7

Guilt is a sign that our conscience is at work but we should not equate conscience with guilt because conscience is the operation of the intellect.

If we no longer feel guilty, that doesn’t mean our conscience is automatically correct.

Question 8

Why is external reality a misconception?

Answer 8

We can be influenced to do the right or wrong thing, but what we choose is our own choice not others.

Question 9

It is the inner voice summoning us to love the good and avoid evil, by applying objective moral norms to our particular acts, and thus commanding: “do this, do not do that”. (CFC723)

Answer 9

Conscience

Question 10

Basic tendency toward the good (CFC701)

Answer 10

Conscience

Question 11

__________ is man’s most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depths(GS16)

Answer 11

Conscience

Question 12

The subjective norm of morality

Answer 12

Conscience

Question 13

What is the subjective norm of morality?

Answer 13

Conscience has the final say in making moral decisions. Along with law, which is the objective norm of morality, helps a person determine whether one is doing the right or wrong.

Question 14

What are the 2 basic elements of conscience?

Answer 14

a. Moral judgment that discerns what is right and wrong.
b. Moral obligation or command to do good and avoid evil.

Question 15

It is the conscience which discerns. (Before the act) It helps us sort out data and examine the morality of an act before we perform it. It commands, exhorts, permits or forbids.

Answer 15

Antecedent

Question 16

It is the conscience in action. “Am I doing the right thing?” (during the act) It also refers to one’s actual awareness of being morally responsible for the goodness and the badness of the particular act while one is doing it.

Answer 16

Concomitant

Question 17

What is Consequent?

Answer 17

It is the conscience which reviews, evaluates an action which has already been done. (after the act) It is the process of looking back to review and evaluate the morality of what we have done.

Question 18

________ formulates moral obligation, in the light of the natural law: it is the obligation to do what the individual, through the workings of his ________, knows to be good he is called to do here and now.”

Answer 18

Conscience

Question 19

“It is not enough to be __________. It is importance to be __________.”

Answer 19

“It is not enough to be sincere. It is important to be correct.”

Question 20

What are the 2 dimensions of conscience?

Answer 20

1. Subjective dimension of conscience
2. Objective dimension of conscience

Question 21

What is subjective dimension of conscience?

Answer 21

Conscience is personal. It is simply his or hers and no one else’s. We do not mean that the judgment of conscience is relative (“kanya-kanya mentality”).

Question 22

It is where conscience is guided by universal values. It is only through interaction with others do we understand the values and norms that guide our conscience in making moral judgments.

Answer 22

Objective dimension of conscience

Question 23

What are the 3 levels of conscience?

Answer 23

1. Instinctive or fear conscience
2. Moral or ethical conscience
3. Christian or religious conscience

Question 24

What is Instinctive or fear conscience?

Answer 24

It is the stage where most young children are. Their choice on doing things depends on reward and punishment.

Question 25

It is where doing good does not depend on reward and punishment. We do good things because we know that it’s the right thing to do.

Answer 25

Moral or ethical conscience

Question 26

What is Christian or religious conscience?

Answer 26

It is where we have a personal, deep, and mature faith in Jesus Christ. The good things we do serve as a response of faith to God.

Question 27

What are the ways of forming our mind?

Answer 27

1. Learning from the experiences and reflections of friends.
2. Taking time to read and study sacred scripture.
3. Listening to parents’ advice or engaging in dialogue with them over important issues.
4. Learning in school.
5. Studying the teachings and principles of the Catholic Church on moral issues
6. Consulting parents, teachers, and counselors on issues and life situations.

Question 28

Ways of forming our hearts

Answer 28

1. Spending moments alone in quiet personal prayer and reflection.
2. Attending and participating in the Eucharistic liturgy.
3. Joining reflection sessions, prayer groups, or youth recollections with friends.
4. Celebrating the sacraments, especially the Eucharist and the sacrament of Reconciliation.