 A second and related way in which Pinckaers misinterpreted Ockham’s moral epistemology was Pinckaers’ assumption that, because Ockham discarded the traditional notion of synderesis, he must have done the same for its twin concept of conscience. Pinckaers conceded that moral principles, even if rooted in the divine will, still need to be applied to particular situations on Ockham’s account. This role was, of course, reserved for conscience in the earlier tradition. In Ockham, according to Pinckaers, this role now became associated with practical reason and prudence (Pinckaers 1993: 259).