Conscience in Context ― Historical and Existential Perspectives

Chalmers does an admirable job of focusing on the idea of conscience in the context of classical culture, including medieval investigations on conscience, sacred scripture, issues of nature and the function of the conscience, conscience and virtue, and the call to holiness. He is careful not to intrude upon the concept of the control of the conscious upon our perceptions, but takes care to use the idea of the conscience as a function of perspective. As a result, he is able to expand the role of the conscience rather than confine it. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Stuart P. Chalmers is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a parish priest in the city of Aberdeen and presently Vicar General of the Diocese. He holds a PhD in theology from the Pontifical University of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland.