Can Conscience and Moral Sense Produce True Virtue? | Jonathan Edwards
Deep Dive into The Nature of True Virtue by Jonathan Edwards - Of Natural Conscience, and the Moral SenseJonathan Edwards explores the concept of natural conscience, distinguishing it clearly from true virtue. Natural conscience primarily arises from a human disposition toward self-consistency and an aversion to contradicting oneself. It involves an innate tendency to project ourselves into the positions of others, making us uneasy when our treatment of them contradicts how we would wish to be treated in their place. This creates an internal sense of peace or trouble depending on our actions…
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