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Bible |
"law is written on the hearts of all man" ~ Romans |
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Augustine |
Consicence is the voice of God. We recieve this message intuitively |
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Aquinas |
"faculty of reason making moral descisions" God gave us a natural ability to differentiate between Good and bad. Unlike Augustine, believed it to be a "rational power". Allowed for human reasoning. Mistakes can be made on path between conscientia and synderisis or incorrect use of synderisis. |
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Joseph Butler |
Conscience is "our natural guide". Manifests itself thorugh feelings of guilt. "Magisterially exerts itself without being consulted". Butler believes conscience is FLAWLESS, people do bad only when they actively ignore the conscince, a worse sin that the one which they go on to committ. |
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Newman |
Conscience is a "messenger from God". He, like Augustine, belives it whispers in our ear. DETECTS as apposed to INVENTS |
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Freud |
Conscience is a construct of the mind and society. The super- egp punishing the ego when it succumbs to the ID. Guilt. Subjective, individual, irrational. |
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Piaget |
1) Immature conscience (5-10) 2) Mature conscience (11+) 1= feeling of guilt which come from authoritarian dissaproval. Consiquentialist. Heteronomous Morality. 2) = outward looking, challenging and is able to form its own moral compass. Autonomous morality. |
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Kohlberg |
6 stages of moral development which fasion a conscience, 1) what we are told 2) seeking of approval 3) law abiding 4) respect for universal principles 5)care for others 6) respects demands from individual conscience |
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Fromm |
Initially very pessemistic : Authoritarian Conscience - just a was of establishment controlling us. Instill us with feelings of guilt when we do not follow orders. Later more hopeful : Humanistic Conscience - concience asses our success and leads us to realising our full potential. |
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Daniel Maguire |
Conscience shaped by experiences, culture, los, tragedy and imagination. |
