Conscience: An Owner's Manual

Just as any appliance will work properly only when it is used and maintained according to the manufacturer's intent, so it is with our conscience. The little voice inside that tells us what is right and wrong needs to be properly understood if we are to follow it with impunity. We all have many voices within us urging us to do various things. How do we discern between them? The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that "a human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience." Yet, we know from experience that either out of ignorance or passion, we can make erroneous judgments for which we must pay the consequences. This manual is designed to help the reader avoid such pitfalls.