Unit 2 Conscience

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St. Ignatius teaches this as a tool for discernment. It encourages people to reconsider their initial inclinations, especially if they experience a lack of freedom.

bringing up to date, the goal Pope John XXIII sets for the Second Vatican Council

a problem that is not easily solved

conscience as a capacity

our ability to make moral decisions, to prioritize the values we want to live by, and (by building habits) to shape our moral character

conscience as a decision

when people make commitments and create a sense of what we need to do to maintain our integrity

conscience as a process

how people make moral decisions, how people form their consciences, and whose moral counsel people turn to as they decide where they stand on an issue

a gathering of the worlds bishops; institutional body with the highest teaching authority in the Catholic Church; a church body that issues statements to guide the faithful and to direct Catholic institutions

invincible ignorance

when people continue to have a wrong understanding of right / wrong despite a sincere effort to form their conscience

culpable ignorance

when a person does not recognize something as wrong because they have not responsibly informed their conscience or because they have formed their consciences