OCR A Level RS Conscience

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  1. 6. Aquinas' belief that conscience can be excused if it errs unknowingly
  2. 9. The feeling associated with violating one’s moral principles
  3. 11. Following external influences in moral decision-making
  4. 12. Freud’s component of the psyche representing primal desires
  5. 13. Freud’s term for the internalized moral standards of society
  6. 14. Philosopher who argued conscience has supreme authority in moral decisions
  7. 15. The belief that reason is the primary source of moral knowledge
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  1. 1. Aquinas' term for the application of moral principles to specific situations
  2. 2. Psychologist who studied the development of moral reasoning in children
  3. 3. Freud’s term for the mediating aspect of the psyche between desires and morals
  4. 4. The view that moral truths are known through instinctive awareness
  5. 5. Philosopher who believed conscience is the act of applying moral principles
  6. 7. The capacity to make moral decisions independently
  7. 8. Developed the six stages of moral development
  8. 10. The innate principle directing us to do good and avoid evil