concepts of right and wrong, conscience, duty and responsibility

•right and wrong

          •citizens have a duty and a responsibility to be law-abiding, or there would be chaos, as people would be selfish 

•conscience: •constantly seeing unlawful activity may blunt a person’s conscience 

                     •a conscience is God’s inner voice, informing a person of the right / wrongness of an action before it is carried out

                     •this is an alternative to God directly controlling us - we feel guilt

              

                     •non-believers argue that a person’s consciences an inner sense of morality

                     •without being taught, the voice of conscience may not bother a person if they commit a crime

                     •religious believers follow the rules and morals of their religion