III. To Choose in Accord With Conscience
Catechism number 1789
Some rules apply in every case:
- One may never do evil so that good may result from it;
- the Golden Rule: "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to
them."56
- charity always proceeds by way of respect for one's neighbor and his
conscience: "Thus sinning against your brethren and wounding their
conscience . . . you sin against Christ."57 Therefore "it is
right not to . . . do anything that makes your brother stumble."58