The Conscience

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You need to understand the nature and role of the conscience the views of Aquinas, Butler and Freud; other understandings of the conscience as innate, God-given or acquired, e.g. the views of Newman or Piaget.

	Catholic Encyclopaedia - Conscience This article provides some excellent background to the Roman Catholic teaching on Conscience - it is particularly good on Aquinas. However, it's not for the faint hearted. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Medieval Theories of Conscience For background on Bonaventura, Duns Scotus and Aquinas, try this site. Joseph Butler - IEP The UTM Internet Encylopaedia of Philosophy has this article on Joseph Butler. Faithnet - Conscience Faithnet has this introduction to Conscience. Aquinas This is an article by Douglas Langston at New College, University of Florida, entitled Aquinas on Conscience, the Virtues, and Weakness of Will. Joseph Butler This is an article from the Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy on Joseph Butler - read it for background in the idea of intuitive Conscience. John Henry Newman Newman believed that the Conscience was the Voice of God. This link takes you to chapter 5.1 of the Grammar of Assent, where he speaks of the experience of the conscience.