Most people assume they know what a “conscience” is. We speak of having a clear one, a guilty one, or sometimes none at all. Before doing this study, I never thought too deeply about it. I just went ...

What Is an Examination of Conscience? An Examination of Conscience, a cornerstone of Catholic life, is a reflective exercise in which you assess your thoughts, words, and deeds in light of the ...

David E. DeCosse (@daviddecosse.bsky.social) is the director of the Religious & Catholic Ethics program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his own. We are ...

I. Our Need For Moral Truth: The Role Of Conscience, Free Choice, And Character Although we have now just begun a new millennium, I think it is safe to say that while the "Christian conscience" will ...

The meaning of moral goodness has been disputed since humans began disputing. Whatever else moral goodness might mean, it must surely include the following prerequisites: 1) Being aware of what we ...

Appeals to conscience are common in our time. Some persons resist induction into the army because they claim that such service violates their conscience. Many others engage in protest movements in the ...

Fundamental to the liberties of man is that faculty of the soul termed “conscience.” Today that term connotes for most people only a moral monitor—a twinge of mind that indicates a moral judgment of ...

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney speaks at a symposium on Cardinal John Henry Newman at the Angelicum University in Rome Oct. 12, 2019. (Credit: Simon Caldwell/CNS.) Listen ROME — St. John Henry ...