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The preceding chapters illustrate an almost painful shift away from a traditional, religion-based understanding of conscience to one that returns to the earliest notion of synteresis, with a focus on self-awareness, self-judgment, inner knowledge, intuitive reasoning, and reciprocal altruism. This is a shift away from some highly developed, yet negative, oppressive, and sin-oriented understandings, as evident in long established theological writings and even in those of Enlightenment (e.g. Emmanuel Kant).
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Holtam, B.W. (2012). A New Vocabulary for Moral Education. In: Let’s Call it What it is. Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching, vol 6. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-007-1_5
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