Perhaps no other word has more confusion surrounding it than consciousness. The word is so fraught that many books on the topic will avoid specifying what it means. For example, Michael Gazzaniga’s ...

There is much said today about conscience. Some of this originates in the recent debates about marriage, divorce and Holy Communion. There are some who believe that the Church should respect the ...

“Conscience is when God sends a text to your head.” That latest installment of the comic strip "The Family Circus" by Bil Keane gave me pause to ask, “Whatever happened to conscience today?” ...

Take a moment and consider how you define mind relative to consciousness. In reflecting on questions such as: Can something have a mind, but not be conscious? Can something be conscious, but not have ...

A grade-school youngster likely would define conscience as knowing right from wrong and likely would explain that this was learned from parents. My favorite definition is, “Do unto others what you ...