Abstract
This essay examines the practical judgment called conscience that binds a person to do or not to do a particular action. Drawing from the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, scripture, tradition, reason/science, and human experience, it focuses on the connection between communal human experience and conscience. It concludes that the teaching that no one is to be forced to act contrary to her or his conscience and that no one is to be restrained from acting according to her or his conscience is a long-standing Catholic moral tradition.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 34-54 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Irish Theological Quarterly |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2016 |
Fingerprint
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Religious studies
Cite this
Conscience and Experience : Choosing the True and the Good. / Lawler, Michael G.; Salzman, Todd A.
In: Irish Theological Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 1, 01.02.2016, p. 34-54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Conscience and Experience
T2 - Choosing the True and the Good
AU - Lawler, Michael G.
AU - Salzman, Todd A.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - This essay examines the practical judgment called conscience that binds a person to do or not to do a particular action. Drawing from the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, scripture, tradition, reason/science, and human experience, it focuses on the connection between communal human experience and conscience. It concludes that the teaching that no one is to be forced to act contrary to her or his conscience and that no one is to be restrained from acting according to her or his conscience is a long-standing Catholic moral tradition.
AB - This essay examines the practical judgment called conscience that binds a person to do or not to do a particular action. Drawing from the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, scripture, tradition, reason/science, and human experience, it focuses on the connection between communal human experience and conscience. It concludes that the teaching that no one is to be forced to act contrary to her or his conscience and that no one is to be restrained from acting according to her or his conscience is a long-standing Catholic moral tradition.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954560244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84954560244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0021140015616531
DO - 10.1177/0021140015616531
M3 - Article
VL - 81
SP - 34
EP - 54
JO - Irish Theological Quarterly
JF - Irish Theological Quarterly
SN - 0021-1400
IS - 1
ER -