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CONSCIENCE (FREUD'S PSYCHOLOGICAL approach to conscience.…

- - - - ID
        
        'inaccessible part of our personality'.
        
        unconscious aspect of personality present from birth. Central component to perso & its powerful instinctive & primitive.
        
        Not always possible to satisfy all of id's desires.
        
        Driven by pleasure principle, seeks immediate gratification. Anxiety & tension results if seeking immediate gratification fails to satisfy, e.g desire for food to satisfy hunger.
      - EGO
        
        Not socially acceptable to seek immediate gratification for all desires, e.g. to act on impulse, otherwise- lustful, greedy etc. E.g. kids taught to keep their desires in check, taught by society & parents whats socially acceptable to not disrupt society's rules. Mediation between id & social norms is governed by ego.
        
        Driven by relating principle & reconciles w/ id. Freud uses analogy of a horse & rider to explain relationship between id & ego. Rider (e.g.) manages & guides the horse (id).
      - SUPER-EGO/EGO-IDEAL
        
        Last part of human psyche to develop- 5yrs.
        
        Management & storage of internalised moral standards of right & wrong that kids acquire from family & society.
- - - - VINCIBLE
        
        Lack of knowledge- person can be held responsible.
        
        They cannot claim 'conscience' justifies their action.
      - INVINCIBLE
        
        Lack of knowledge- person not responsible.
        
        When a person acts to the best of their knowledge. Aquinas' example: committing adultery is an evil act based on the ignorance of the divine law, against commandment.
        
        Aquinas; idea of duty to follow conscience led Cardinal John henry Newman to make a point: weight of moral responsibility falls on individual, shouldn't surrender to anyone else. 'I was just following orders', isn't enough.