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Talia Hershkorn Discuss critically the belief that conscience is the voice of G-d There are several definitions of the word conscience, one's conscience can either be understood as their ability to judge morally their own actions or the awareness one has that an action is morally forbidden. There are also four possible alternatives to the nature of conscience. The belief that it is naturally within us as a gift from g-d, it comes as a product of rational thought, it comes from an external authority or it is a psychological function. There are two theologians John Henry Newman and Joseph Butler who in particular hold the view that conscience is implanted in people by G-d. Newman's reasons for this belief are based on the fact that we feel ashamed or guilty if we do something wrong meaning that we have a sense that we are before someone-G-d. For Newman, then, conscience points...

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