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QUARTER 4 | NORMS WHICH GOVERN HUMAN CONDUCT - CONSCIENCE
CONSCIENCE ● Conscience is an external reality.
● Conscience comes from the Latin Follow your conscience” is the major
cum Scientia which means slogan we see around these days. It
“accompanying awareness” or “joint has relativistic tendencies which
knowledge” threaten to eclipse our sense of truth
and to paralyze our human capacity
LAW AND CONSCIENCE to search for the truth and its
● Law and conscience are closely meaning on our own.
related. It affirms that while Law is ○ “Okay lang ang abortion, hindi
the objective rule of morality as it naman siya morally wrong
governs our actions, conscience is kasi katawan ko naman ito at
the subjective rule of morality. tama ang dahilan ko. Tignan
mo nga sa ibang bansa, legal
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CONSCIENCE ang abortion.”
● Conscience as individualistic. It is not
only about concepts or ideas. ANTECEDENT CONSCIENCE
Conscience involves one’s practical ● It is the judgment of an act BEFORE
reasoning based on what the it is done.
circumstances, intentions, and ● Example:
human actions themselves imply. ○ Jason is deliberating if she will
○ “Wala akong paki-alam, accept the money from the
opinyon ko ito at alam kong corrupt politician with the
tama ako.” condition to sell her vote to
○ “My body, My rule! Basta wala win the politician in the
akong tinatapakang tao.” coming election.
● Conscience is God’s voice within us. CONSEQUENT CONSCIENCE
The reason why we relate conscience ● It is the judgment of an act AFTER it
to God is simply that we have been is done.
created as moral beings. But in the ● Example:
case of a doubtful, erroneous, and ○ Jason accepted the money
scrupulous conscience, God’s voice from the corrupt politician.
becomes dimmed and unclear. ● Note that if the conscience is clear,
○ “Sign ni God ito. Kailangan ko correct, and certain, she would feel
kumuha ng pera sa wallet ni guilty as there is a part of her that
Mommy pang Lazada ko lang what she did is unfair to those who
kasi deserve ko.” answer the task on their efforts.
● Conscience is our feeling of guilt. THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CONSCIENCE
This notion is the reduction of 1. Correct or true conscience
conscience into a mere feeling of ● is a conscience that tells and
guilt after we did something wrong. judges a person that an act is
○ “Hala! Hindi naman siguro indeed a good action, while
cheating iyon, tinignan ko bad act is indeed bad.
lang sagot niya.”
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2. False/ Erroneous conscience “I do this because this is in the
○ is a conscience that tells and rules, otherwise I will be punished.”
judges a person that a good
act is bad and a bad act is FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE
good. The formation of conscience helps us
deliberate properly whether what we are
3. Scrupulous conscience doing is good or bad.
○ it is extremely rigorous, ● To say, “Let your conscience
constantly afraid of be your guide” is easy, but in
committing evil (even in very reality to act accordingly is
small detail). difficult since many voices are
○ it makes a person always heard within oneself
afraid of committing errors, especially in making decisions.
very legalistic. ● This is where the education
and formation of conscience
4. Lax conscience come in.
○ a conscience that tends to
follow the easy way and to
find excuses for omissions &
mistakes.
○ it is very dangerous for it leads
to Erroneous conscience.
5. Certain conscience
○ it makes a person judge that
what he/she does is indeed
right.
6. Doubtful conscience
○ it makes a person uncertain of
the wrongfulness and
rightfulness of his/her action
7. Ought conscience
● Doing something good out of
one’s inner moral conviction
and a personal sense of
responsibility and vocation
“I do something good
because I know it is
beneficial to me and
others.”
8. Must conscience
● Doing something good out of
the conventional morality
which evolves from parental
authority, restrictions, and fear
of punishment.
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