The Nature and Authority of Conscience by Rufus Jones ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

The Nature and Authority of Conscience by Rufus Jones audiobook.

Genre: religion

In this 1920 Swarthmore Lecture, Quaker thinker and philosopher Rufus M. Jones tackles a question at the crossroads of ethics and faith: what is conscience, and why should it command our allegiance when custom, church, and state all claim authority? Beginning with familiar moral tensions, Jones widens the lens to consider the idea of a moral universe and the place of the individual within it. He argues that conscience is more than a passing emotion or simple social conditioning: it is a deep, active capacity that can be awakened, educated, clarified, and also misled. Along the way, he probes how moral insight develops through experience and disciplined inner life, and he tests the power of external voices - law, tradition, public opinion, and institutional religion - against the inward summons to truth and goodness. With a distinctly Quaker emphasis on the Inner Light, Jones challenges listeners to examine the roots of their moral judgments and to form a conscience strong enough to resist coercion, yet humble enough to learn. Part philosophical inquiry and part spiritual counsel, this concise classic speaks to anyone wrestling with duty, freedom, and the demands of integrity.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:50) Chapter 01

(00:12:24) Chapter 02

(00:22:28) Chapter 03

(01:03:53) Chapter 04

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