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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

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ARTICLE 6: MORAL CONSCIENCE

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56 Mt 7:12; cf. Lk 6:31; Tob 4:15.

57 I Cor 8:12.

58 Rom 14:21.

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