Conscience and Moral Realism

There are objectively right and wrong things, regardless of whether people realize it.

The general capacity of all humans to judge right and wrong.

a judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that they are going to perform, are in the process of performing, or have already completed.

My opinion or a feeling or what I want to do

judgment of the practical intellect that decides from false principles, erroneously considered as true, that something is lawful, which in fact is unlawful

Actual ethical judgement a person makes.

This is how Aquinas describes a lack of knowledge for which a person is responsible and can be blamed.

This is how Aquinas describes a lack of knowledge for which a person is not responsible and cannot be blamed.

A judgment of practical reason that helps us to recognize and seek what is good and to reject what is evil. This is based on true principles, correctly considered, and in fact lawful.

prayerful self-reflection on one's words and deeds in light of the Gospel to determine whether one has sinned against God. This is necessary to prepare for Reconciliation

Conscience concerning actions we are about to perform

Conscience concerning actions we are performing

Conscience concerning actions that we have already performed

One chooses to be ignorant in order to avoid responsibility.

doing what in effect assists or enables wrongdoing and/or gives the impression of condoning it, but without sharing the precise wrong-making intentions of the main wrongdoer.