P6Ch38g Principles guiding Conscience
An episode of the Foundations of Christian Thought podcast, hosted by Christian Thought, titled "P6Ch38g Principles guiding Conscience" was published on January 7, 2022 and runs 2 minutes.
January 7, 2022 ·2m · Foundations of Christian Thought
Summary
Part 6 Ethics Chapter 38 Moral Law and Conscience Section g. Principles guiding Conscience In describing the previous sections relationship between the universal to the particular the following principles can be stated: i) only the true and certain conscience is the right proximate rule of morality ii) man has the obligation, therefore to make sure that his conscience is sufficiently formed and informed. iii) man has the obligation to follow not only his true conscience but also his erroneous conscience if it is practically impossible for him to avoid the erroneous judgement iv) it is not right to follow a culpably erroneous conscience or a doubtful conscience if the doubt is based on serious reasons v) doubts can be resolved by means of sincerity, upright intention, the desire to seek the will of God in everything
Episode Description
Part 6 Ethics
Chapter 38 Moral Law and Conscience
Section g. Principles guiding Conscience
In describing the previous sections relationship between the universal to the particular the following principles can be stated:
i) only the true and certain conscience is the right proximate rule of morality
ii) man has the obligation, therefore to make sure that his conscience is sufficiently formed and informed.
iii) man has the obligation to follow not only his true conscience but also his erroneous conscience if it is practically impossible for him to avoid the erroneous judgement
iv) it is not right to follow a culpably erroneous conscience or a doubtful conscience if the doubt is based on serious reasons
v) doubts can be resolved by means of sincerity, upright intention, the desire to seek the will of God in everything
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