She had strong praise for some abstinence-education programs, and at one point said, "I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available". Some Democratic Party strategists have suggested reconsidering the party's staunch support for abortion rights as a way to broaden its appeal to voters.
"Yes, we do have deeply held differences of opinion about the issue of abortion and I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available," Mrs. Clinton said, going on to assert that even some critics still support abortions in some cases, such as when the life of the mother is at risk.
"If the one person who dies is someone in Westchester, I would want to be able to look at myself in the mirror 10 years down the road," Dr. Lipsman said, "and be able to say in good conscience that there was a strong public health justification for this campaign and while we would have great public regret and sorrow over anyone who died or was permanently disfigured, we had to do it".
They correctly assert two basic truths: that religious people and institutions have rights to act according to the dictates of conscience and that there are limits on the government's right to interfere with those rights.
"I have no issue with funding being tied to curriculum per se but there has to be enough room within curriculum to make sure that people aren't forced to act against their conscience and that there's a preservation of religious liberty," he said.
"The United States attorney cannot, in good conscience, conclude at this time that there is a reasonable possibility that a federal crime has been committed which would be the proper subject of a federal grand jury investigation," Mr. Suthers said in a statement.
I'm having difficulty seeing how a Democrat who voted for Obama (whom I supported) for the right reasons in 2008 can in good conscience do so again given that there is another candidate who has been consistent in his opposition to all of these things -- not just in words but in deeds.
How, in good conscience can anyone at KBR now claim that there is no proof of health problems from exposure to hexavalent chromium when six years ago its own Health, Safety Environmental Manager was warning of the liability to the company if it continued to allow people to be exposed to it?
"I've discovered, that there is no statute of limitations on conscience," Natiello wrote.
Whewell maintained that there is no separate moral faculty, but rather that conscience is just "reason exercised on moral subjects".
