This led to a feeling that the object of the act was to conform entirely to the norm which fell from heaven. The teaching of Veritatis Splendor was clearly in the camp of virtue ethics. The doctor decides, not the ethicist. It is always wrong not to follow the judgment of reason or conscience. An erroneous judgment of conscience is binding.
Reason is decisive.
The reason of the agent has the last word. In the analysis of these situations we cannot have a purely objective perspective. We cannot analyze these acts merely factually from afar. The normative ethics failed to perceive the aspect of the acting person. This is an important matter in the formation of conscience so that the reason can make proper judgments and follow those judgments.