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Free will and moral responsibility
The conditions of moral responsibility: free will; understanding the difference between right and wrong.
The extent of moral responsibility: libertarianism, hard determinism, compatibilism.
The relevance of moral responsibility to reward and punishment.
Conscience
Differing ideas, religious and non-religious, about the nature of conscience.
The role of conscience in making moral decisions with reference to:
telling lies and breaking promises
adultery.
The value of conscience as a moral guide.
Articles and Podcasts
The Tablet: 1 Jul 2023 ‘Free and faithful in Christ’ – J Culley
Dialogue: Considering Conscience, Edition 8
Dialogue: Ideas about Conscience, Edition 19
Dialogue: Freud and Religion, Edition 30
Dialogue: Freud and Religion, Edition 31
Dialogue: Conscience, Edition 36
Dialogue: Can we trust our conscience?, Edition 45
Dialogue: Conscience and Natural Law in Thomas Aquinas, Edition 47