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Moral intuitions should not be glorified with the\u00a0 name &#8220;conscience&#8221;. . .<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/religion\/religion133.aspx\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prosblogion Alexander Pruss* . . . Our moral intuitions while being a genuine source of\u00a0moral knowledge are often distorted by the desire to find\u00a0 excuses for our own faults or, more excusably, those of friends. Moral intuitions should not be glorified with the\u00a0 name &#8220;conscience&#8221;. . . 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