CHAPTER IV.

THE FACULTY OF MORAL DISTINCTIONS--THE NATURE OF CONSCIENCE.

1. The Importance of Determining its Nature 56-59

1. For Scientific Accuracy 56-57

2. As Involving the Authority of Conscience 57-59

2. A Psychological Question 59

3. Conscience in place only in the Total Complex of Man's Psychical Powers 59-62

4. Specific Psychology of Conscience 62-76

1. Perception of the Ethical Distinction 62-64

2. Perception of Obligation 64-67

3. Identification of the Moral Quality in Acts 67-68

4. Perception of Merit and Demerit 68-72

5. Emotions Arising from these Perceptions 72-76

5. Special Characteristics Disclosed 76-80

1. Conscience Fundamentally Intellectual 76-77

2. Moral Quality its Sole Percept 77-78

3. Its Action Marked by Necessity 78-80

6. Relation of Phenomenalistic Philosophy to this View 80-83

7. Effect of Theistic Evolution Theory 83-85