Help me write a philosophy essay on conscience please
I'm struggling to write this essay on Freud and Aquinas's views on conscience, the question is: 'Critically compare the views of Aquinas and Freud on the conscience.' This whole topic has been a pain to work my head around. Any philosopher kings (or queens) who could bless me with some knowledge?
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Paragraph 1: Explain Freud and criticise Freud for being unscientific, but defend his central thesis with Piaget
Paragraph 2: Explain Aquinas and criticise Aquinas for basing conscience on 'telos' which is an unscientific concept (or some other critique of Aquinas is fine, but I like this one because it's coming from the religion vs science angle which Freud vs Aquinas involves).
Paragraph 3: Cross-cultural moral relativism backs up Freud over Aquinas
See details on these arguments here:
https://alevelphilosophyandreligion.com/ocr-religious-studies/ocr-ethics/conscience/
Paragraph 2: Explain Aquinas and criticise Aquinas for basing conscience on 'telos' which is an unscientific concept (or some other critique of Aquinas is fine, but I like this one because it's coming from the religion vs science angle which Freud vs Aquinas involves).
Paragraph 3: Cross-cultural moral relativism backs up Freud over Aquinas
See details on these arguments here:
https://alevelphilosophyandreligion.com/ocr-religious-studies/ocr-ethics/conscience/
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