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Prummer Conscience Flashcards

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What is conscience?

A

judgement or dictate of the practical intellect deciding from general principles the goodness or evil of some act which is to be done here and now or has been done in the past

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What is an act?

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application of knowledge to an individual fact

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Where does conscience derive judgement?

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general principle (presupposes gen. pri. of faith and reason and applies to act)

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Is consicene subjective or objective?

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subjective

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What is primary function of conscience?

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pass judgement on an act which is to be done or have already been done

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What is a moral habit (synderesis)?

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habitual practical knowledge of the first principles whose proper act is to decide in a general way that good must be done and evil avoided

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What is difference between synderesis and conscience?

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conscience individual synderesis general and conscience can err but synderesis never can

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What is a moral science (MS)?

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deduces objective conclusions from the first principles

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What is difference between MS and conscience?

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conscience is subjective and may(not) agree w/ moral science

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What is prudence?

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a virtue which sometimes coincides w/ conscience

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What is difference between prudence and conscience?

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pru habit while conscience is an act

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What does natural law embrace?

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objective principles of morality

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What is difference between natrual law and conscience?

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conscience uses general principles of morality to decide whether an act should be performed or ommitted

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What are the kinds of acts for conscience?

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antecedent or consequent

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What is antecedent act of conscience?

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precedes the act performed and it either commands, forbids, counsels, or permits performance of an acy

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What is consequent act of conscience?

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passes judgement on acts already performed and it approves of the act performed causing spiritual joy OR disapproves of the causing remorse

17
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When is a True Conscience conformed to the eternal law?

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deduces correctly from true principles that some act is lawful

18
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When is a False Conscience exercised?

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decides from false principles considered as true that something is lawful which in fact is unlawful

19
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What are divisions of an erroneous conscience?

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scrupulous, perplexed, lax, pharasaic

20
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What is scrupulous conscience?

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for usesless and ridiculous reasons it judges or rather feas that an act is evil when it is not

21
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What is a perplexed conscience?

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sees sin both in the performance and in the omission of some act

22
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What is a lax conscience?

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judges on insufficient grounds that there is not sin in the act or that the sin is not grave though It Is (sees sin nowhere)

23
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What is the worst type of lax consciecnce?

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hardened for it sees some sins to be of little importance

24
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What is a pharasaical conscience?

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minimises grave sins but magnifies matters of little importance as the Pharisees

25
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What are the three forms of assent regarding conscience?

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certain, probable, doubting

26
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When does a conscience assent to an act?

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certain: when it firmly decides that some act is either lawful or unlawful. Probable: when it judges that some act is probably lawful or unlawful. Doubting: when it hesistates to pass judgement on the moral character of an act

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What is the First Principle of the True and False Conscience?

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Everyone is obliged to use serious care to possess on all occassions a true conscience

28
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Why are all obliged to a true conscience?

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conscince is proximate norm of morality which acts as guide for man’s moral life

29
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What is the proximate norm of morality?

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conscience

30
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What are means to obtain true conscience?

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careful knowledge of laws which govern our moral life, taking wise counsel, prayer to the Father of light, removal of obstacles to a true conscience

31
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What is the Second Principle of True and False Conscience?

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Everyone is obliged to follow his conscience whether it commands or forbids some action, not only when it is true but also when it is in invincible error

32
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Why is “commands” and “forbids” used?

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One must follow even if invicibly ignorant

33
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What is the Third Principle of True and False Conscience?

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not permissable to follow conscience when in vincible error, but one cannot act contrary to such a conscience. Error must be corrected before any action taken

34
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Is a vincibly ignorant conscience a certain conscience?

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NO

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