con scientia

THE THREE
SENSES OF
CONSCIENCE
Villaluz, Marielle R.
BSA-2A
 Three Senses of
Conscience
(Gula, 132)

Synderesis Moral Conscience Conscience

A Capacity A Process A Judgment
CONSCIENCE AS A CAPACITY
The aspect of fundamental qualities of being human,
which makes it possible to know and to be good.

Our general aspect of value and fundamental aspect

of accountability which makes it possible for us to
engage in moral argumentations to assess the specific
moral good.
“One must always do what is
believed to be right and avoid what
is believed to be wrong.”
CONSCIENCE AS A PROCESS
The aspect of our method of visualizing and
thinking.

The area of moral disagreement and error,

blindness and insight.

The proper area of the formation and examination of

conscience.
CONSCIENCE AS A PROCESS
Ensues moral truth, which explores to apprehend by
making use of sources or of moral wisdom wherever
they may be found.
The goal of its tasks is attained “evaluative
knowledge”

The quest for what is right through accurate

perception, and as process of reflection and analysis.
“Choosing one line of action and avoiding
another is God’s call. This is the moral course
of action that acts as the conscience and this
cannot be violated.”
CONSCIENCE AS A JUDGMENT
The concrete judgment of what we must do in the
situation grounded on our personal perception and
apprehension of values.
The primary object of this judgment is not merely this
or that object of choice but being this or that sort of
person through what I choose.

Each is bound to follow his conscience faithfully in

all his activity so that he may come to God, who is his
last end. Therefore, he must not be forced to act
contrary to his conscience.
Conscience is a guiding light to moral
decisions and is a sacred sanctity
between a person and God.
CONSCIENCE
AND CHOICE
• Choice stems from
visualizations.
• A choice is a response to what
we visualize
• Choices are formed by the sort
of persons we have become
community beliefs and values CHOICES
“We are our
choices.”
- Jean Paul Sartre