- The conscience is an act of the intellect; a process leading to an intellectual judgment about the morality of some act.

-Our intellect must acquire a set of criteria about what makes an act good or bad, moral, or immoral.  Unity in criteria among people is key. 

- The more mature the person's formation is, the quicker they are in verbalizing these criteria to others (required apostolic work as a result of Confirmation), and the simpler it is to apply these criteria into their ordinary day.    

-Such a person can elaborate in linked reasoned steps, the logic and principles that lead them to an intellectual judgment (an act of conscience) about some event or sequence of choices.  E.g. pursuit of happiness presupposes freedom; freedom presupposes life. Ergo, life is most important. Life of child is superior to her mother's happiness. 

- A sign that someone has an insufficiently formed adult conscience is a near reflexive use of expressions such as "I just feel x is right (or wrong)