CONSCIENCE

WHAT IS CONSCIENCE?
-It is a practical judgment
enabling the person to
recognize whether the
concrete act in a particular
situation is good or evil.
-it is the voice of God.
 Types of
Conscience
TYPES OF CONSCIENCE

1.Certain Conscience
2.Doubtful Conscience
3.Erroneous Conscience
4.Scrupulous Conscience
5.Lax Conscience
Certain Conscience
It is the judgement without the fear of being
wrong about the virtue or immorality of the
activity done by a person.
Ex. When a girl who accidentally
got pregnant, wanting to abort
the baby but it is against her
conscience and against the law.
Doubtful Conscience
It is the postponement of judgment on the moral
goodness or evil of activity because the mind
cannot discern clearly whether it is good or bad.
Ex. When you decide to cheat on your
exams because you were not able to
review or try your best to take the
exam without cheating even if it
results to failure.
Erroneous Conscience
It occurs when a person makes an error in judgment,
either consciously or unconsciously, by doing the
incorrect thing that they certainly believe that was the
right thing to do.
Ex. When you accuse one of your classmates that they
stole your wallet but when you went home, your wallet
was on your bed
Scrupulous Conscience
When a person decides that his/her action is immoral
on the basis of weak or insufficient reasoning.

Ex. When a person at the grocery gave P100 to the

cashier for a P88 worth of purchase grocery supplies.
However, because the cashier is in a hurry, instead of P12
pesos change, she erroneously gave P15.
 Lax Conscience
It refers to the inconsistency of moral principles of a
person wherein this person tries to conceal his malicious
or immoral objective through feigning goodness.
Ex. When you volunteer to help in repacking good for
the people in your community but is actually keeping the
goods for yourself.
A reading from the
Holy Gospel
according to John
8:2-11 (page 53)
 PROCESS OF
COMING TO A
MORAL JUDGEMENT
PROCESS OF COMING TO A MORAL
JUDGEMENT

1.DISCERNING STAGE
2.DEMAND STAGE
3.JUDGMENT/DECISION
STAGE
 DISCERNING STAGE
Based on CFC 835, this stage includes the pedagogical
STOP formula.

S Search for possible solutions or means

T Think of reasons

O Others who are knowledgeable and expert have a

good spirituality
P Pray for the Spirit of knowledge, wisdom and love.
 DEMAND STAGE
We bring out the pertinent moral norm for
the use our conscience. Conscience works
with the accepted moral norm.
JUDGEMENT STAGE

It simply refers to the judgment of

conscience we make on the morality of any
proposed action, and our consequent
decision to follow this dictate of our
conscience or not.
ACTIVITY
GOOD OR EVIL
Direction: Evaluate
whether the decision
of the man is good or
not. Explain your
answer.
A calamity devastated a town. Three days passed
and no relief goods had arrived yet. This left many
people – and young and old – hungry and thirsty.
Seeing the scenario, a man was moved with pity. In
response, he stole goods from a convenience store
so that those children and elders had something to
eat.