Erroneous Judgement

[Churchman25]

Can changing ones mind be an erroneous judgement. For example say you told your self I am going to play video games at 4:00 because thats sort of the end of the day. But you change your mind and play at 1:15. Would this changing of mind be an erroneous Judgement?

 

[Billy112]

It would depend. If you went ahead and played video games when you knew that you had to do something else first, that would be a judgement against reason. However, if you simply figured out that you had enough time to play at 1:30 instead of 4:00, that would be a totally fine thing to do.

vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a6.htm

Here’s the article from the Catechism on moral conscience; I think you’ll find it useful.

 

[1Lord1Faith]

Yes, unless you forthwith are changing the “end of your day” to 1:15. However, it’s more likely that you’ve made an erroneous judgment about the time at which the end of your day occurs.

 

[1ke]

Can changing ones mind be an erroneous judgement. For example say you told your self I am going to play video games at 4:00 because thats sort of the end of the day. But you change your mind and play at 1:15. Would this changing of mind be an erroneous Judgement?

No, changing your mind about what time you play video games has **nothing **to do with “erroneous judgment” which is a concept of conscience formation and moral action.

 

[claymcdermott]

Yeah, I think you are using the wrong term here. Erroneous judgment is generally more often used in the context of…like:

I thought I should do X because I thought that Y was true. Oh no, Y was not true! My judgment was erroneous.

So, we should sentence Jim to prison because we thought he was guilty. He wasn’t! Erroneous judgment.

Or…maybe even like…

I thought contraception was moral because I considered X through Z. I did not consider W. Erroneous judgment.

 

[Louman127]

No, changing your mind about what time you play video games has **nothing **to do with “erroneous judgment” which is a concept of conscience formation and moral action.

I agree. It is not erroneous judgement simply to change ones mind in this example. It has no moral choice of good or evil attached to it. It’s simply a preference. Unless you had something extremely important for you or your family to do and deliberately neglect it. Such as calling into work when your family needs income just to play video games earlier because you cannot control yourself lol. But that wasn’t in your example so no it is not erroneous judgement.

 

[kdbueno]

Gaming is about your life, not on the degree of intelligence.

 

[sirach2v4]

Can changing ones mind be an erroneous judgement. For example say you told your self I am going to play video games at 4:00 because thats sort of the end of the day. But you change your mind and play at 1:15. Would this changing of mind be an erroneous Judgement?

It depends on the consequences.

with this scant description, I don’t see any sin involved here, in itself. I will point the finger at me and say that I am more worried about the sin of sloth, that I don’t pray enough – and I play video games (age 67). but, with respect to yourself, that is a question for your private reflection. My understanding of sloth is that it refers to spiritual laziness, for example, not paying enough attention to God. I tell myself, if I have time to watch TV and play video games I ought to have enough time to pray – but that’s just me.

In his series on Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI said that we have a right and a duty to pray daily for our needs.