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Showing 1 to 20 of 274 for “"Conscience"”.
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Acting in Conscience A Natural Law Based Approach to Freedom of Conscience
The relationship between the authority of conscience and the authority of the state is a perennial issue in both political and ethical philosophy. The extreme emphasis on the authority of the state or conscience leads to the undermining of a free society. This thesis will explore the issues at play …
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Conscience and Community: Exploring the Relationship between Conscience formation and Systemic Corruption (in Nigeria)
… (or social context) on the formation of conscience and its implication for moral responsibility. It is an interdisciplinary approach to theological reflection that is particularly attentive to psychological, philosophical, sociological, and neurobiological viewpoints showing how these …
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In the Service of Conscience
This professional project consists of three magazine style articles examining the motives and the process of a relatively small group of American soldiers who have sought conscientious objector status since the end of conscription. Those who decide to become conscientious objectors in the …
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In the Service of Conscience
This professional project consists of three magazine style articles examining the motives and the process of a relatively small group of American soldiers who have sought conscientious objector status since the end of conscription. Those who decide to become conscientious objectors in the …
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Conscience in Context A study of the nature of conscience relating to its historical development and existential environment
The topic of conscience has fascinated me for a number of years. In the course of my pastoral work in different parishes, and chaplaincy work with young people and those in hospital, whether for mental or physical reasons, I have encountered countless people who struggled with moral dilemmas or who …
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Elwood Haynes, scientist with a social conscience
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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Conscience, ethics and politics: beyond beautiful souls
… and practical difficulties posed by the use of conscience. In order to address those difficulties, it looks at the figure of the beautiful soul in romantic literature as an important resource with which to re-assess the problem of conscience. To show how this thesis stages a conversation between …
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Conscience : a historical, biblico-theological and psychological perspective
Conscience is a term that like the spectrum has various shades of meaning. For some people it is simply the 'Voice of God' in man, for others it is a 'moral' faculty. For Bishop Butler, it is a combination of the cognitive faculty and the emotive faculty. Every human being feels conscience inside …
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A Study on Conscience: The Content and Function
… study is to contribute to the understanding of conscience by critically examining turning points of the traditionalist approach that conceptualizes conscience primarily as a cognitive capacity. The basic assumption of this approach is that there is a built-in mechanism in human beings that …
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Museums of social conscience : interpreting a troubled past.
The development of museums of social conscience is a significant, yet under appreciated, contribution to the greater museum community. This is a comprehensive study on the origins of these institutions, the impact they have had on the greater museum community, as well as a critical look at their …
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The Justification and Limits of Liberty of Conscience
… of the justification and limits of liberty of conscience (a term that encompasses, but is not limited to, freedom of religion). In this thesis, I defend the protection of liberty of conscience as against a state’s laws (that is, what are sometimes called ‘exemptions’). Drawing on the ideas of …
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Conscience in recovery from drug addiction: a theoretical and empirical study of spiritual conscientious transformation for the formulation of conscience therapy
… from drug addiction examining the role of conscience and its influences through spiritually transformative experiences. The scholarly research in substance addiction and recovery suffers internal tensions and underdevelopment related to the understanding of addiction, morality, spirituality …
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Interrogation of Conscience and Audience in Shakespeare's Early Plays
… the acting troupe, the playgoers, the individual conscience—known as “God’s spy”—and the omniscient divine sphere. The study describes the restructuring of these spheres through the interrogational process. Chapter Two discusses interrogation of accused heretics and traitors as described in …
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The conscience of capital: philanthropy at the Chautauqua Institution
This work seeks to demonstrate that philanthropy at Chautauqua Institution is a way of promoting, designing, preserving and protecting an idealized intellectual, aesthetic, spiritual, and emotional “way of life.” Of central importance is an understanding of how and why donors give and how the …
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Constructing conscience: freedom and self-governance in colonial New England
American politics and law, like other liberal democracies, couches itself in the protection of the free individual, one who possesses both “beliefs” and the unalienable right to those “beliefs.” The “freedom of religion” guaranteed to U.S. citizens in the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of …
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Engaging with comedy as social conscience in Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld”
This project sits within the field of popular culture, exploring the ways in which people read Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. The primary research objective was to ascertain whether political values encoded within the comedic text would be understood by its readers. An iterative mixed methods …
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The Strains of Conscience: Justifying Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Objection
… civil disobedience and conscientious objection, “conscience” remains an opaque concept. The attempt to define and employ it properly is not a purely academic exercise. The political language and behavior we associate with conscientiousness are empty to the point of being vulnerable to co-option by …
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The crisis of conscience in Vicente Lenero's protagonists
The present study analyzes the crises of conscience that each of Vicente Lenero's protagonists must face. Each protagonist in the novels and plays studied must come to grips with a personal problem that involves an interpretation of the Catholic faith. A single novel or play is dealt with in each …
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