(August 3, 2015 at 3:02 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Why would one be obligated to follow one's conscience?That's a fair question. The other alternative include "When would one not be obligated to follow one's conscience?" or "...obligated not to follow one's conscience?"
It seems to me that the only way around Premise 1 is to say either 1) there are no obligations of any kind, at any time, or for whatever reason OR 2) that something more authoritative than conscience must be in play. The former is nihilism and the later a justification for tyranny.