Lesson 5: The Human Conscience

Question 1

The word “conscience” derives from the Latin term?

Answer 1

Conscientia

Question 2

Etymological meaning of “cum” and “scire”

Answer 2

“with knowledge”

Question 3

Ancient Greek thought
already espoused its own notion of conscience called ?

Answer 3

Syneidesis

Question 4

Involves the act of sharing

Answer 4

Syn

Question 5

knowledge or a way of understanding things, interpreting ideas, etc.

Answer 5

Eidos

Question 6

Is fundamentally an act of self-judgment, a
reflexive act of man which presupposes introspection.

Answer 6

Conscience

Question 7

There is a lack of effort in judging the morality of the act, manifested in being lenient and loose, resulting in a poor sense of
what is good or evil.

Answer 7

Lax

Question 8

Is a practical judgment enabling the person to recognize whether
the concrete act in a particular situation is good or evil. (Diaz, 2019)

Answer 8

Conscience

Question 9

We judge a simple act to be evil, or a lesser evil to be grave resulting in an inordinate feeling of torment and guilt
for no good reason.

Answer 9

Scrupulous

Question 10

We judge the act that is really evil as good and that which is really good or indifferent as evil.

Answer 10

Erroneous

Question 11

Is the kind of conscience where we make a correct and moral judgment on the quality of the act. We come to judge an evil act as evil
and a good act as good.

Answer 11

True conscience

Question 12

When the person is sure of the evilness or goodness of the
act, it is called

Answer 12

Certain conscience

Question 13

When he/she is not sure, it is called…

Answer 13

Doubtful conscience

Question 14

Augustine speaks of the Holy Spirit as the author of both the:

Answer 14

“law of fear”
and “law of love”

Question 15

Written on stone and the

Answer 15

“law of fear”

Question 16

Written on our hearts

Answer 16

“law of love”

Question 17

The act of judging oneself presupposes some point of
reference.

Answer 17

Actions and intentions

Question 18

Man’s exercise of free will

Answer 18

liberum arbitrium

Question 19

Presupposes the existence of conscience and the ability to judge and
discern things.

Answer 19

Man’s exercise of free will (liberum
arbitrium)

Question 20

Augustine even put it on a higher level compared to the
contents of the Bible itself up to the point of saying that Augustine would not believe
in the gospel unless the authority of the Catholic Church moved him to do so

Answer 20

cf. Against the Letter of Manichaeus called Fundamental 5.6

Question 21

Is indispensable when one talks about formation of
conscience.

Answer 21

Acquisition of knowledge

Question 22

She tried to imbue Christian teachings during
Augustine’s tender years

Answer 22

Monica

Question 23

Based on CFC 835, this stage includes the pedagogical STOP formula

Answer 23

Discerning Stage

Question 24

The types of conscience

Answer 24

1. Lax
2. Scrupulous
3. Erroneous
4. True conscience
5. Certain conscience
6. Doubtful conscience

Question 25

Four (4) processes of decision making

Answer 25

1. Discerning Stage 2. Demand Stage 3. Judgment/Decision Stage

Question 26

STOP formula:

Answer 26

S – search for possible solutions or means T – think of reasons O – (consult) others who are knowledgeable and expert and have a good spirituality P – pray for the Spirit of knowledge, wisdom, and love so that whatever is being searched and thought of, is motivated by God’s Spirit

Question 27

We bring the pertinent moral norm for the use of our conscience. Conscience works with the accepted moral norm to judge this or that is good or evil, there must be a basis, a moral norm.

Answer 27

Demand Stage

Question 28

Judgment/Decision Stage

Answer 28

This “simply refers to the judgment of conscience we make on the morality of any proposed action, and our consequent decision to follow this dictate of our conscience or not” (CFC 837).