Gilberto, At 03:47 PM 1/23/2005, you wrote: >>So does that mean that "conscience" isn't thought of as some sort of >>internalized sense of right and wrong?<<
To my understanding, the conscience is a person's internalization of socially constructed moral codes. However, there is, in addition, what Baha'u'llah calls a sense of shame: "Indeed, there existeth in man a faculty which deterreth him from, and guardeth him against, whatever is unworthy and unseemly, and which is known as his sense of shame. This, however, is confined to but a few; all have not possessed, and do not possess, it." -- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p.27 Since everyone has a conscience, and Baha'u'llah says that this "sense of shame" is confined to a few, I would *assume* that they are different. To my understanding, the sense of shame is a protection against violating one's conscience. Regards, Mark A. Foster • http://markfoster.net • [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
