Freedom to Choose Between Good and Evil: Theological Anthropology in Discussion with Philosophy
After a brief discussion of the terms determinism and free will, the paper sets out to compare some recent philosophical approaches to the problem of free will with a theological anthropology account of the notion. It aims to defend the claim, that even though different kind of questions are asked o...
| Subtitles: | "Theme: How Discernment between Good and Evil shapes the Dynamics of the Human Journey" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2020]
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| In: |
European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 95-115 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Free will
/ The Good
/ Evil
/ Freedom of choice
/ Determinism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | After a brief discussion of the terms determinism and free will, the paper sets out to compare some recent philosophical approaches to the problem of free will with a theological anthropology account of the notion. It aims to defend the claim, that even though different kind of questions are asked on both sides, they tackle similar issues and a complementary approach is needed. Recent philosophy considers the problem mostly from the standpoint of logic, naturalist evolutionary ontology and cognitive science. In the Christian theological tradition, the idea of free will has been discussed mostly from the perspective of the problem of sin and grace, thus on the grounds of soteriology, hamartiology and theological ethics. The paper shows similarities between the approaches, mainly between the problem of physical determinism and theological determinism and also divine foreknowledge. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v12i4.3521 |