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    CONSCIENCE

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    possess weapons of far greater power than ever before. This raises the question as to whether the consciences of human beings can have any influence on the serious chaos that is developing‚ also whether a lack of conscience is a significant cause.  It must be recognised that human civilisations have largely failed to have any conscience in the past. Religion‚ of whatever kind‚ should be a source of “conscience” among human beings; surely we all have a responsibility in this area. Therefore this is the

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    Conscience

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    Conscience Conscience is “the practical judgment of reason upon an individual act as good and to be performed‚ or as evil and to be avoided” (Glenn‚ 1930). Hence‚ an individual must prefer to do the right thing over the wrong thing in accordance with his moral or ethical conduct. The judgment is practical because it leads to a course of action. On the other hand‚ it is a judgment of reason because it derives from our understanding of what ought to be done as good and what ought to be avoided

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    Conscience of Society

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    Conscience: the awareness between right and wrong. Conscience is different in ways to every individual‚ but can be viewed as a whole in society. Writers have the power to influence society’s conscience through their works. Writers bring out the flaws in society and often look at certain aspects of life in ways that aren’t usually touched on by people in their everyday life. Writers underline the hidden truths society does not want to accept. This is shown in “Master Harold and the boys” by Athol

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    The Battle of Conscience

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    anything to against the conscience‚ even if the state demands it." This quote is from Albert Einstein. In this quote‚ Albert Einstein tells us what a normal person should do when faced with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings. "The

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    Macbeth's Conscience

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    Powerful Conscience In the play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ the idea developed is that in life‚ one’s conscience plays an important role in their decisions and actions‚ and it is the past and present events which directly affect the behaviour of this conscience‚ sometimes in a negative way. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare use sleep‚ darkness and blood imagery to demonstrate the role that conscience plays in affecting Macbeth’s decisions‚ which consequently leads to negative effects‚ as well

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    Pi Conscience

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    which can make him cave in‚ and do things he is not proud of‚ leading him to his fate. “Courage without conscience is a wild beast” by Robert Green Ingersoll‚ describes that doing things without your conscience could get you harmed in the process. Pi demonstrates in the novel the necessary skills needed for survival‚ which were bestowed upon him as he listened to his conscience. Pi’s conscience prevented him from experiencing‚ or engaging in savagery‚ guiding him to make decisions‚ and made him do

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    Nietzsche: the Conscience

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    Nietzsche: The Conscience In his second essay of the Geneaology of Morals‚ Nietzsche attempts to identify and explain the origin of the conscience. He does not adopt the view of the conscience that is accepted by the “English Psychologists”‚ such as Bentham‚ J. Mill‚ J.S. Mill and Hume‚ as the result of an innate moral feeling. Rather‚ it is his belief that the moral content of our conscience is formed during childhood under the influence of society. Nietzsche defines the conscience as an introspective

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    Aquinas on Conscience

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    Aquinas on Conscience For Aquinas‚ conscience is the act of applying our knowledge of good and evil to what we do (or might do). So in order to (naturally) know what is a good action or bad one‚ one needs to understand how things are naturally ordered by God -- primarily what human nature is and what things it needs and deserves. This order which dictates what is good or evil behaviour is called the Natural Law by Aquinas. God can and does also supernaturally reveal what is and is not in accordance

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    The Crucible - Conscience

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    Conscience is the awareness of right and wrong. In the Crucible‚ the idea of conscience in strongly emphasized. Miller himself said‚ "No critic seemed to sense what I was after [which was] the conflict between a man’s raw deeds and his conception of himself; the question of whether conscience is in fact an organic part of the human being‚ and what happens when it is handed over not merely to the state or the mores of the time but to one’s friend or wife." The idea of conscience in the play The

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    A Surgical Conscience

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    SOURCE A surgical conscience may simply be stated as a surgical Golden Rule: Do unto the patient as you would have others do unto you. The caregiver should consider each patient as himself or herself or a loved one. Surgical conscience involves a concept of self-inspection coupled with moral obligation. It incorporates the caregiver’s values and attitudes at a conscious level and monitors behavior and decision-making in relation to those values. In short‚ a surgical conscience is the inner voice

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