Methods for Moral Decision Making

Jared Smith: We have to figure out how to make our way when there isn't a clear rule addressed in the scripture. In Catholic tradition, we would often speak of the question of formation of conscience. How do I work with my conscience so that my decisions of conscience are better and better? He says Thomas Aquinas said it was better to die, excommunicated than to violate your conscience. The thinking part of conscience is amenable to a number of different approaches," he says. "It's not just Aristotle now."