Conscience - Paper 1 Flashcards
What do Catholics mean by conscience? (2 marks)
The voice of God within us helping us to distinguish between right and wrong. Catholics believe that it should be informed through endeavours like prayer.
Who said that ”to ignore conscience is a sin”?
Aquinas
Finish the quote: ”to ignore the …
conscience is a sin”
~ Aquinas
Give 4 ways a person’s conscience can be informed
Prayer
Following church (magisterium) teachings
Reading the Bible
Contemplating the consequences of an action
Quote the CCC on the conscience
”informing the conscience is a lifelong task”
Where can the quote ”informing the conscience is a lifelong task” be found?
The CCC
According to Catherine of Siena, why do we have a conscience?
Our creation imago dei allows us to look in the ”mirror of the goodness of God”
Give 2 quotes about the conscience
”informing the conscience is a lifelong task” - CCC
”to ignore the conscience is a sin” - Aquinas
Where might people say belief in the conscience originates from in the Bible?
God ”breathing life into Adam” in Genesis 2
Where might non-religious people say conscience comes from?
Our upbringing and environment
What does Freud say conscience is?
A mix of voices heard in our upbringing that shouldn’t always be followed
What may an uninformed or misinformed conscience lead to?
Making (and justifying) poor moral decisions
What does Aquinas mean when he says ”to ignore the conscience is a sin”?
Despite the possibility of the conscience being misinformed and thus wrong, we should still take it into account, otherwise we would knowingly be defying our own sense of morality and doing something we thought to be wrong
