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Conscience
Conscience
OF MORALITY
Conscience has the final
say in making moral
decisions.
Conscience is the inner voice in a man
that moves him to do good under any
circumstances and to avoid evil by all
means.
CORRECT/TRUE
• Corresponds to objective moral values and precept
ERRONEOUS/FALSE
• Mistakenly judges something as morally good which
is objectively evil
Different Kinds of
Conscience
ANTECEDENT
• Conscience which discerns
CONCOMITANT
• Conscience in action
Different Kinds of
Conscience
CONSEQUENT
• Conscience which reviews, evaluates an action which
has already been done
GUILTY
• Disturbed conscience trying to restore good relations
with God by means of sorrow and repentance
Different Kinds of
Conscience
CERTAIN
• Subjective assurance of the lawfulness or unlawfulness
of certain actions to be admitted
DOUBTFUL
• Suspends judgement on the lawfulness of an action
and therefore the action should be omitted
Different Kinds of
Conscience
SCRUPULOUS
• Constantly afraid of committing evil that result of a
stubborn character
LAX
• Tends to follow the easy way and to find excuses for
mistakes
1 INSTINCTIVE LEVEL
-dominated by fear of punishment and desire for
approval or reward
2 NORAL/PHILOSOPHICAL
-operates on the ethical level, that is, not just on what
is commanded by some authority but now from
awareness of the inner good or evil of an act
3 CHRISTIAN LEVEL
-one’s faith illumines. It places moral striving as
a personal call to wholeness and holiness
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WORDS OF WISDOM
-Swami Shivananda