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"In this essay, the character and office of Conscience the Moral Law and of Conscience the Witness are examined." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).
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"To have convictions and yet to live with those who have others, or none, is the last achievement of man, as it is the first mark of civilization. Conscience, if stunted, reverts to barbarism in a pinch, whatever its prevailing veneer of culture. And conscience is always stunted unless it transcends itself. Civilization, consequently, lies somewhere beyond conscience. Where it lies and how, it is our purpose presently to enquire. But first we must reveal man's moral sense to itself, neither pitying its weakness nor condoning its wickedness. It is an ancient doctrine, from which conscience has exempted only itself, that none can wear a crown who has not borne the cross. Conscience must be made to face its cross, for the sake of man and his future. These are bold words. If they can be shown true, they may make man brave against his final enemy, himself. To show them true is here our first concern. To do this we must nerve ourselves to track to their lair the philosophers, not forgetting the theologians, who have assured men that almost their worst is actually their very best. This will be no easy task, but it will not be without excitement. With that said, the current text is comprised of 10 chapters concerning the following topics: the morphology and orientation of conscience; the theological implementation of conscience; the idealistic implementation of conscience; the sociological implementation of conscience; the metaphysical implementation of conscience; the logical implementation of conscience; the aesthetic finality of conscience; solipsims and social order; dialectical behaviorism and social order; and oughtness and order"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
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Jeff Morgan argues that both Immanuel Kant and Søren Kierkegaard think of conscience as an individual's moral self-awareness before God, specifically before the claim God makes on each person. This innovative reading corrects prevailing views that both figures, especially Kant, lay the groundwork for the autonomous individual of modern life – that is, the atomistic individual who is accountable chiefly to themselves as their own lawmaker.This book first challenges the dismissal of conscience in 20th-century Christian ethics, often in favour of an emphasis on corporate life and corporate self-understanding. Morgan shows that this dismissal is based on a misinterpretation of Immanuel Kant's practical philosophy and moral theology, and of Søren Kierkegaard's second authorship. He does this with refreshing discussions of Stanley Hauerwas, Oliver O'Donovan, and other major figures. Morgan instead situates Kant and Kierkegaard within a broad trajectory in Christian thought in which an individual's moral self-awareness before God, as distinct from moral self-awareness before a community, is an essential feature of the Christian moral life.
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