Morality: Avoiding Erroneous Judgement

To avoid erroneous judgment, you must execute the choice of your conscience.

• God will instruct us how to act through our conscience.

• If your conscience is still uncertain, you need further information.

  • You haven’t informed/formed your conscience enough.

Erroneous judgment impacts moral culpability.

Factors that contribute to erroneous conscience:

• Ignorance

  • Invincible and vincible ignorance

    • Not morally culpable

    • Evil acts are still evil

  • Visible ignorance

    • Morally culpable

• Habit of sinfulness

  • Choosing evil becomes the easier thing to do

• Ignorance of Christ and His Gospel

• Bad examples and role models

• Enslavement to passions

• False ideas of autonomy

• Reject Church authority and teaching

• Lack of true repentance

• Lack of love

Conscience cannot be made good without faith because of:

• Original sin

• Mysteries of faith

The primacy of conscience is used to rationalize choices against Church teachings.

• Individual conscience is not the final judge — God is

• Decision on how to execute and use your conscience must be free