Introducing conscience LO: I will know what we mean by conscience H/W: Research 2 scholars views of conscience and write up your notes.

Expectations of year 13  Hand all homework in on time.  Turn up to lessons on time.  Do not disrupt lessons.  Do not talk over others in lessons.  Work your hardest.

Key scholars  St Augustine of Hippo  Aquinas  Butler  Freud  HD Thoreau  Plato  Piaget  Fromm  Kohlberg  Gula  Mcdonagh  Daniel Maguire  Vincent Macnamara  Mahoney  T O Connell  Ruland

What do we mean by ‘conscience’? Conscience = a moral sense of right or wrong

Quotes about conscience Write down 2 of the quotes and then explain what each quote is telling us about our conscience. Mark Twain: “ I have noticed my conscience for many years, and I know it is more trouble and bother to me than anything else I started with.” Christopher Reeve: “I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don’t know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.” The Oxford English Dictionary: “A moral sense of right and wrong, especially as felt by a person and affecting behaviour or an inner feeling as to the goodness or otherwise of one’s behaviour.”

3 models of conscience A tool  Psychological  Natural ability to see right & wrong  Aquinas Acquired PsychologicalPsychological Mind is mechanisticMind is mechanistic Intuitive  God given  talked about by St Paul  Christian teaching  We all right & wrong because God us that ability Mean you can follow divine law

Models of conscience  Intuitive  Aquired  A tool Write down for each model of conscience: a)Where do you gain conscience from? b)Is it a scientific or religious idea? c)What does that model mean for the idea of conscience?