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“Conscience is a moral syllogism. That is to say that it is a syllogism in which the major, minor and conclusion are an application of the general principles of moral theology to a given individual action which one either has done or proposes to do. It is, therefore, an exercise of the moral truth. The difference between conscience and prudence is that conscience is completed in the judgment of the intellect. Prudence is completed in the action of the will either acting according to one’s conscience or against it.

The major in the syllogism is an expression of the general metaphysical relationship of morals to being. Examples would be: “Do good and avoid evil,” in reason or “I must obey the law of God” in revealed religion.

The minor is a more specific application of this, such as that found in the law of God or the State. Examples would be; “Murder is evil,” and “Theft is evil.”

The conclusion would be an application of these laws to a particular action. An example might be: “This action is murder or theft; therefore, I must not do it.”

The binding power of conscience comes from the relation of reason to being. The application of absolute truths in morals to situations is based on the fact that there is an objective human nature which can be generally known through knowledge gained from sense experience. Because God created this nature, the conscience speaks with the voice of God.”

- Fr. Brian Mullady OP, Christian Social Order

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I Didn't Choose The Creepy Life. The Creepy Life Chose Me.

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