Conscience, as related to medical ethics

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Religion

 

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Ida Y

 

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January 30, 2013

 

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University

 

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In order to have a well-formed conscience, an individual is obligated to inform themselves about ethical norms, incorporate that knowledge into their daily lives, act according to that knowledge, and take responsibility for those actions. Therefore, a mature conscience is formed in dialogue with the sources of moral wisdom, which are tradition, scripture, church teaching, reason and experience (Clark, notes, 2/21)...
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It was not until the medieval times, however, when both concepts were integrated, and conscience was defined as a guide to (antecedent) and judgement of (consequent) actions. Although traditional decision-making involved natural law as the objective norm for conscience, the contemporary conscience now emphasizes the person as the moral agent; conscience is now a "pre-eminently personal thing" (Kavanaugh, Curran 215-18)...
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