When a Good Conscience Errs

Standard Roman Catholic theology emphases the truth of the moral law and typically regards an error of conscience as a matter of ignorance, for which a person may be more or less culpable. Those who in good faith do wrong are, at best, to be “excused” rather than blamed. This article goes beyond the...

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Main Author: Gleeson, Gerald (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1995
In: Pacifica
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-73
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