CONSCIENCE AND NATURAL MORAL LAW

Which of the following does not describe Conscience?

• It tells us clearly what we should do or not do.

• It is the act of the mind to judge whether a decision or action is good or bad.

• It is the basis of the inner act in judging good or bad.

• It is the basic awareness of good and evil.

Conscience has two elements: first, reflection to understand the good and bad in a situation; second, the judgment of whether a decision or action is good or bad and the feeling of obligation to choose the good. This means that the main functions of conscience are:

• identifies the good and the bad in a situation.

• determines what to do in a situation

• listens to the feeling to choose the good.

• considers the consequences of a decision or action.

What is the basis of conscience in judging good and bad?

• Social law

• Natural Moral Law

• Church teachings

• Parent lessons

The Natural Moral Law is not influenced by anything especially the human view of it: This law means:

• not changing

• objectively

• universal

• infinite

Which of the following is true about the Natural Moral Law?

• It is a law developed by society to guide everyone in being good.

• This is what gives the conscience the ability to recognize good and bad.

• This is a standard that all of God's living creatures must follow.

• This is the basis of judging what is right and wrong decisions and actions.

What is the good effect on the conscience if it uses the Natural Moral Law as a guide?

• Conscience can determine good or bad and guide our decisions and actions.

• Our conscience will have a standard in determining our dreams

• We will be ready for difficult situations that will come in our life.

• Intuition will know the difference between right and wrong in a difficult situation.

You see your best friend copying a classmate's homework. He encouraged you to copy because you didn't have homework either. Your conscience tells you that you should be faithful in your academic work at school. What should you do?

• Listen to your conscience and stop doing homework.

• You will thank your best friend and copy him the next time you do homework.

• You will follow your conscience and do your own homework so that you will be honest in doing the homework.

• You tell your teacher that you don't have homework and you just do the next assignment.

Conscience is a person's personal moral standard.

The statement is:

• Right, because conscience is the closest standard of morality to man.

• Right, because conscience is what distinguishes right and wrong.

• False, because the Natural Moral Law is the higher standard of morality.

• Wrong, because the judgment of right and wrong is not personal.

The Natural Moral Law is for all people. It is understandable and acceptable to all. Because it is engrained in human nature, it covers all people. It dominates everyone, regardless of race, culture, in all places and at all times. What characteristic of the Natural Moral Law is expressed here?

• Natural Moral Law is always objective.

• The Natural Moral Law is eternal.

• The Natural Moral Law does not change.

• The Natural Moral Law is universal.

Through the Natural Moral Law, man can distinguish between good and evil. But man also has free will with the ability to choose good or bad. What can be concluded from these sentences?

• Man knows good or bad because of the Natural Moral Law but because he is free, he can still choose evil.

• Man always chooses well because he and his conscience know the standard Natural Moral Law.

• A free will will never choose to do evil because it knows good and bad.

• Because of the Natural Moral Law, the conscience knows the correct basis of good and evil.