Manfred SvenssonManfred Svensson2026-03-222026-03-22201010.15691/0718-5448vol4iss2a116https://doi.org/10.15691/0718-5448vol4iss2a116https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/66053In the first place, the article sheds light on current misunderstandings regarding conscience, particularly where it is understood as an oracle or a voice that works as a privileged source of moral knowledge, without rational mediation. Throngh a survey of philosophers that have described conscience using the image of a court, the article then tries a rehabilitation of neglected aspects of conscience.esConscienceTribunalMediationOracleEpistemologyMandateLawPolitical scienceSociologyPhilosophyarticle