William Lyons, Conscience - an essay in moral psychology, Philosophy, 84, 4, 2009, 477-494
Series/Report no.:
Philosophy 84 4
Abstract:
The ultimate aim of this essay is to suggest that conscience is a very important part of
human psychology and of our moral point of view, not something that can be dismissed
as merely ‘a part of Christian theology’. The essay begins with discussions
of what might be regarded as the two most influential functional models of conscience,
the classical Christian account of conscience and the Freudian account of
conscience. Then, using some insights from these models, and from some
comparatively recent work in psychology and especially psychiatry, the author
argues for a quite different model of conscience that might be called the personal
integrity account of conscience.
Please note: There is a known bug in some browsers that causes an
error when a user tries to view large pdf file within the browser window.
If you receive the message "The file is damaged and could not be
repaired", please try one of the solutions linked below based on the
browser you are using.
Items in TARA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
