The Play of Conscience in Shakespeares England by Jade Standing - 9781032398167

The Play of Conscience in Shakespeares EnglandAuthor(s): Jade Standing\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032398167, 978-1032398167\nSynopsis\nHaving a conscience distinguishes humans from the most advanced AI systems. Acting in good conscience, consulting ones conscience, and being conscience-wracked are all aspects of human intelligence that involve reckoning (deriving general laws from particular inputs and vice versa), and judgement (contemplating the relationship of the reckoning system to the world). While AI developers have mastered reckoning, they are still working towards the creation of judgement. This book sheds light on the reckoning and judgement of conscience by demonstrating how these concepts are explored in Everyman, Doctor Faustus, The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet. Academic, student, or general-interest readers discover the complexity and multiplicity of the early modern concept of conscience, .