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What is conscience?

What is conscience?

Concept map showing Aquinas, Butler, Newman, Freud, and Fromm as accounts of conscience, with before, during, and after action roles

Conscience is the inner moral judgement that makes people feel obligation, guilt, shame, or peace about actions. The key debate is whether this inner guide is authoritative or whether it is a fallible human experience.

Conscience Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Religious Studies
  3. /Conscience

Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level Religious Studies Conscience. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a solid grounding in the philosophical arguments and key scholars before tackling the more evaluation-heavy synoptic dialogue questions.

Lessons