It is not true that a bad person “has no conscience.” He has a conscience, but not everyone’s conscience reflects the same values. Your conscience is trained by what you believe, and it changes as ...

And his conscience tells him he is just fine -- especially today, in the age of self-esteem. It is far truer to say that one's feelings and behavior produce the conscience than the conscience ...

In other words, in most people conscience is a euphemism for feelings, another word for the "heart." So then, given the general uselessness of the "conscience," how is one to be morally guided?

The term “conscience” refers to one’s awareness of and adherence to the moral value of ideas and situations, and actions. The concept of a system of moral values demands a “source ...

Authentic conscience governs — passes judgment on — feelings and desires; it is not reducible to them, and it is not in the business of licensing us to act on them.

Pope Francis clearly believes there are few, if any, simple “recipes” for what following a formed and informed conscience looks like.

Primacy of conscience has been thrust to the fore of Church-wide discussions on marriage, contraception and homosexuality at the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family. But as we saw happen in ...

That real change comes from exhortation — passionate, unyielding exhortation — that moves the hearts of men and women.

The progressive conscience Conscience is at the heart of progressivism because conscience is not just a feeling but a palpable urge toward improvement—a call to action or engagement.