A Study of Conscience (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Rulison, Nelson Somerville

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330861779 ISBN 13 : 9781330861776

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the origins and power of conscience and how it guides everyday choices. This concise, thoughtful work surveys how moral sense has been understood in philosophy and religion, contrasting natural law with theories that trace ethics to evolution or social training. It challenges the idea that conscience is merely a developing faculty and examines the role of judgment and authority in moral life.

Concentrating on the question of whether conscience evolves with education and culture, the text argues that true conscience remains a steady voice, while judgment can change with circumstance. It critiques attempts to subordinate personal conscience to external authorities and warns against the dangers of denying individual moral discernment.

• Defines conscience as a constant inner perception of right and wrong.


• Examines how education, culture, and authority influence judgment without changing conscience’s core voice.


• Evaluates claims from evolution-focused ethics and critiques of absolute religious authority.


• Poses questions about the balance between personal conscience and institutional guidance.

Ideal for readers of philosophy, ethics, and religious studies who seek a clear, critical look at how conscience functions in thought and action.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This I nstrument, made and executed between Samuel Smith Harris, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Michigan, of the city of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, as party of the first part, and Henry P. Baldwin, A lonzo B. Palmer, Henry A. Hayden, Sidney D. Miller, and Henry P. Baldwin, 2d, of the State of Michigan, Trustees under the trust created by this instrument, as parties of the second part, witnesseth as follows: In the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, the said party of the first part, moved by the importance of bringing all practicable Christian influences to bear upon the great body of students annually assembled at the University of Michigan, undertook to promote and set in operation a plan of Christian work at said University, and collected contributions for that purpose, of which plan the following outline is here given, that is to say: i.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330861779
• ISBN 13: 9781330861776
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 139
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