Sorabji's encyclopaedic investigation is an excellent starting point for scholars investigating the many debates over the scope and significance of conscience.

Jeffrey Hause, The Philosophical Quarterly

Few authors have the breadth and depth of knowledge required to write such a history. Richard Sorabji demonstrates in this work an impressive grasp of Western philosophy and an effortless ability to move across disciplinary boundaries. Moral Conscience Through the Ages will quickly establish itself among scholars as the standard treatment of its subject. But what is most impressive is that without sacrificing the rigour that academic researchers demand, he has also written a book that is accessible and practical enough to find its way into the hands of policy makers in debates concerning freedom of conscience and conscientious objection.

Michael Hickson, Trent University, Ontario

Sorabji provides a wide-ranging survey of moral conscience throughout the whole Western tradition right up to the present day, beginning with the Greeks ... A wide range of recent issues is brought into the mix: hate speech, the conscientious objector, cartoons of the Prophet, and the treatment of Muslim divorce ... this [book] has something for pretty much everyone.

Dr Alan Towey, Classics for All