The extent to which conscience informs moral judgment before an action and whether such moral judgments are or should be based in reason has occasioned debate through much of the history of Western philosophy.
How many crises has it occasioned and passed through?
These are thoughts occasioned by trawling through the recent three-disc collection "Ohm" (Ellipsis Arts CD 3670), mysteriously subtitled "The Early Gurus of Electronic Music," and covering the years 1948 to 1980 (although to be precise, two pieces predate those years).
A sense of occasion comes through, as if all involved knew that this recording would be significant.
Claire Slemmer, a friend of the couple who became an officiant for the occasion through American Marriage Ministries, performed the ceremony.
Deepa Ranganathan, a friend of the couple who became a minister for the occasion through Ministerial Seminary of America, officiated.
In what was one of the most remarkable matches ever witnessed at Hampden, Queens led on three separate occasions through Steve Tosh, Paul Burns and Sean O'Connor.
The 7,262 crowd were treated to four goals in seven minutes during a spell that saw the Championship side take the lead on two occasions through Paul Taylor and Lee Tomlin.
The bulk of the expenses are for food and beverages at the reception, but keeping a record of the occasion, through photographs and videos, can be costly, too.
In other words, an awful lot is pure fiction, from a writer who has detoured into nonfiction only on occasion through his long career as a novelist.
