Conscience Flashcards
(14 cards)
Ratio (aquinas)
Word used to describe reason which is placed in every person in the image of god
Synderesis
Do good and avoid evil
Vincible ignorance
Ack of knowledge for which a person is responsible and can be blamed
Invincible ignorance
Lack of knowledge for which a person can’t be blamed and god will not condom this if they acted to the best of their knowledge
Aquinas on conscious
God designed human with a purpose to follow his moral law
.synderesis is implanted in us by god to guide us to good through consciousness and then ratio (reasoning) is if we understand if a action is good or bad
Aquinas on conscious and duty if a actions turns out to be wrong
Duty to follow our conscious means even if we follow it and is bad we will not be punished
What is synderesis in conscience
Natural inclination to do good as it’s unchangeable truths and it cannot be wrong as it is god given however in application can lead to wrong due to faulty moral easoning
John Henry Newman
I shall drink to the people but i toast my conscious first
-humans should follow conscience before church scripture and teaching
Newman view
Conscience is the direct voice of god and is our personal link to the divine and is our immediate and universal way of knowing god as it reaches all
Freuds view on conscious
Pre conscious -informstion that is readily avalilabienbut not in focus
Conscience - immediate awareness, thoughts and perceptions
Unsconscious - most important as it holds together thoughts desires and memories that influence behaviour
Freuds tripartite personality
ID,ego and superego
Fromms authoritarian conscience
Conscious comes from being influenced by external authority as rules are internalised and from this there is guilt in displeasing authority which can be manipulated
Fromms humanistic conscience
Internal self assessing factor based in integrity and personal morals based on experience and teaching and represents potential however is often repressed by authoritarian conscience.
Tina principle
If people beleive there is no alternative to their current path they will adopt and go along without questioning or seeking a different path.