Conscience

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Differing Ideas about Conscience

Ten-Mark Questions

Examine differing ideas about the nature of the conscience.
Examine the causes and significance of different beliefs about conscience.
Examine religious and non-religious ideas about the conscience.
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Fifteen-Mark Questions

'There is little agreement on the nature of the conscience.'

Evaluate this claim.

'Religious ideas of the conscience are more satisfactory than non-religious ideas.'

Evaluate this claim.

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The Role of the Conscience: Telling Lies

Ten-Mark Questions

Examine the role of conscience in making moral decisions with reference to telling lies and breaking promises.
Examine the role of conscience in making moral decisions with reference to telling lies.
Examine the role of conscience in making moral decisions with reference to breaking promises.
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Fifteen-Mark Questions

'The conscience is a reliable guide when it comes to telling lies and breaking promises.'

Evaluate this claim.

'The conscience cannot help us decide when it is appropriate to lie or break a promise.'

Evaluate this claim.

'The conscience can never support lying or breaking promises.'

Evaluate this claim.

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The Role of the Conscience: Adultery

Ten-Mark Questions

Examine the role of conscience in making moral decisions with reference to adultery.
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Fifteen-Mark Questions

'The conscience is a reliable guide when it comes to adultery.'

Evaluate this claim.

'The conscience can never support adultery.'

Evaluate this claim.

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The Value of Conscience as a Moral Guide

Ten-Mark Questions

Examine differing views about the use of conscience as a guide to moral decision making.
Examine how beliefs about the conscience may influence the ways in which it is used in moral decision-making.
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Fifteen-Mark Questions

‘The conscience has no value as a moral guide.’

Evaluate this claim.

‘The religious conscience offers the best guide to moral decision making.’

Evaluate this claim.

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