Conscience and Catholicism Conscience Through the generosity of Mike and Phyllis Shea, David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics recently hosted the conference "Conscience in Catholicism: Rights, Responsibilities, and Institutional Policies." Scholars from around the world gathered to ...

This article explores Ockham's metaethics, focusing on the role of conscience in the foundations of morality.

Acts of conscience sometimes cause or support the same harm as the situation being protested. And such harmful acts of conscience are incredibly sticky, being nearly impossible to reverse.

Tollefsen and Curlin: Conscience and the Way of Medicine - Romanell Center for Clinical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine - University at Buffalo ...

Recently published research led by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus examined the prevalence - and impact - of physicians' ethical or religious barriers to their involvement in ...

Conclusion: Ethical Conscience Remains a Bedrock Principle Political controversies ebb and flow, but the profession’s protection of the individual conscience of a lawyer must remain paramount.

“Conscience” keeps popping up in contemporary political and ethical debate. Think Hobby Lobby and the offended consciences of those who would deny contraceptive coverage to their employees. Think ...

There have been numerous parliamentary conscience votes in Australian history — federally and in states and territories. Hence it is difficult to see how climate change has escaped the claim of ...

In today’s society ethical decisions are being surmounted by the doctrine of consequentialism, that the end justifies the means. Too many ignoble excuses are used for applying it, such as: ...