This is the conscience of our age: the collective conscience of all who turn a blind eye. The situation is known by all but spoken by few; we see people capable of stomaching this reality, but we do ...

"A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behavior" -- the dictionary definition of "conscience." Whenever I make the common-sense argument that people need to ...

This question has been asked numerous times by too many patients to count. Inescapably, the doctor’s conscience will inform how he or she answers this question. The new administration intends to ...

It’s always good to define our terms. In his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Servant of God John Hardon provided a good definition of “Examination of Conscience”: Reflection in God’s presence on one’s ...

Few novelists have captured the ultimate ambiguity of conscience better than Mark Twain did in Huckleberry Finn. Jim, the escaped slave who accompanies Huck down the river on a raft, is on a journey ...

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front ...

On p. 570, C&T do discuss consensus directly and claim that S&E’s view about it is arbitrary and self-contradictory. I’ve argued above that it’s not arbitrary (in some sense). In what sense might it ...

A portrait of George Floyd is seen in New York City during a protest against racial inequality June 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, ...

You and your friend both have a sweet tooth but you eat more sweets than they do. Why? Maybe your sweet tooth is bigger or maybe you’re just better at justifying eating more sweets. Or maybe you’re ...