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Class Notes - Conscience
- Module
- 3.1 Section B: Conscience
- Institution
- AQA
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Conscien, Conscience
27.9 / SE11
-
Definitions
self judgement guilt bad /good conscience
:
,
set of Moral Principles
Adhering to in conscientious
:
a as
-
what are
objectors ,
matter of conscience
5 key God within
the -
Discovering moral truths : voice of ,
voice of
terms ?
reason
motives and actions
Examining in
lacking in
-
our : as
conscience or have an over -
sensitive conscience .
know with ;
Latin con scientia
knowing together
=
to
-
=
OED definition
-
what are
↳ .
a moral sense of right and
wrong as
felt by a person and
their
affecting their behaviour
definitions ? if one 's
an inner
feeling as to the
goodness or otherwise
.
behaviour
i.
Conscience reflects on and directs moral behaviour
Examples
-
Group of young people pressurising one of their friends
what are
3 examples?
to take
drugs
A
boyfriend pressuring his
girlfriend into set
-
A
company employee
who knows
they're violating any
-
environmental pollution
regulations on
link between FW and C
C is the
faculty have that allows to resist
-
we us
what is outside
pressures put on
from
the link with
it allows us to act
integrity and from moral
-
between FW
principle
and C ? interest
Allows to do
duty and self
-
us our overcome -
5 views of C
What is
a God
given
-
: -
the 5 points
A :( Instilled by 1 Authority figures
-
of Calvin -
s :( ) society
?
acronym u :( Innate within ) Us
-
-
P :( Instilled by ) Parents
what do
in
This be
categorized 2 conscience is innate
↳ :
stand
can
groups
they ( adv) and conscience is developed ( A. S.pt
for ?
Summary conscience is a moral
:
sense of right and
wrong that
a
person feels and uses to affect ,
their behaviour . There are
links between Free will and conscience The 5 points of
many .
Calvin are
very important for conscience and
follow the
acronym
GAS UP .
, 27.9
Conscience
/ SE11
when do a
At conception
conscience to be able to
or at some later
stage God gives each person
discern
,
morally between right
C?
we
get and
wrong
Authority Figures
How do AF the all the AF
conscience is product of around
-
us
figures help
including parents ,
teachers ,
strong characters in peer
conscience ?
our
group ,
ministers of religion ,
etc .
Role models
may
be provided to the person →
Mostly
-
positive ,
but sometimes
negative
society
C the product of society 's expectations The person's
-
is
How does society
.
C?
conscience reflects the values and rules of society As Hegel .
affect our
argued it is formed by the zeitgeist spirit of the age
-
.
,
Society can also pressure us to follow or go against
-
, ,
Nazis
our conscience E.
g. conscientious objectors and
respectfully
.
.
Innate
Conscience is not dependent culture environment
-
on , .
education mind
What is the genetic predisposition , ,
the unconscious ,
but is part of the person when created or how the brain
argument for
an innate c ? is wired
by genetics due to
evolutionary development .
-
Since all thus have the same innate conscience all
should therefore follow all the same principles .
Parents
Conscience is the moral
product of the person's
first
-
Do parents teachers → its parents
give Even
morally reasoned decisions are significantly
later
-
us our c ?
reinforced by upbringing and influences in early years .
Summary The : conscience is speculated to come
from many
different places ,
there are 4 most notable ones ;
Authority figures ,
the idea that it's innate
society parents
,
or
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