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Conscience is a judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he or she is going to perform. The definition of conscience is best portrayed through Thomas More. In the movie A Man for All Seasons, Saint Thomas More demonstrates his moral conscience in many ways. Saint Thomas demonstrates his moral conscience in a time when all others have given in to the pleasures, materialism, and corruption of this time. Saint Thomas is a character who puts away worldly possessions in order to serve God. Saint Thomas More was a highly positioned judge and counselor in the court of the King. He later became the Chancellor of England. Saint Thomas was often tempted with bribes while acting as a judge. These bribes were to influence Thomas's court ruling. Thomas was once given a silver chalice by a woman who hoped to sway Thomas's court decision. Because Thomas care nothing about material possessions he gave it away to Richard Rich. Richard Rich was a young man who was looking for a court position. Thomas, however, had denied Richard's recommendation because he felt Richard could not handle the temptations associated with political jobs. Also, Thomas does not allow Will Roper to ma
Thomas was faced with these types of situations quite often, however, Thomas was faced with an issue concerning King Henry VIII's marriage that was very immoral in Thomas's eyes. King Henry wanted to divorce his wife who was unable to have children, and marry his mistress. This was because the King wanted a son to carry on his legacy. The King wished for Thomas's blessings and approval. At this time Saint Thomas had been appointed Chancellor of England by the previous one, Cardinal Wolsey, who Thomas had moral differences with. Saint Thomas would not give in to what the King wanted. For this the King was very displeased. The King even went to visit Thomas, who lived across an enormous lake, in hopes that Thomas had changed his opinion concerning the King's divorce. Of course Thomas had not. This made the King even more upset. Thomas decided to resign from his position as Chancellor of England for reasons that Thomas would not discuss with anyone. As watchers of the movie we are led to believe that it was because of his strong moral values. Thomas also suffers the loss of great friends over his beliefs. Even without Thomas's approval King Henry goes ahead and marries his mistress. Henry claims that he is the head of the Church of England and that the Bisho
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