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Ethics - Unit 09
Conscience Formation
Term | Definition |
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conscience | A practical judgment of reason that helps a person decide the goodness or sinfulness of an action or attitude; it is the subjective norm of morality that we must form properly and then follow |
vice | A bad habit that inclines us to choose the evil rather than the good |
fortitude | The moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good |
martyr | A witness ready to suffer and even die for truth and virtue (i.e. the ultimate act of fortitude) |