Perplexus supposito quodam: Notizen zu einem vergessenen Schlüsselbegriff thomanischer Gewissenslehre
The article attempts to rediscover the importance of Thomas Aquinas' thoughts on conditional perplexity (the unavoidability of sin under certain conditions) for his doctrine of conscience. As is often noted, Thomas puts unusual emphasis on the binding character of even a conscience misinformed...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Peeters
1990
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Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale
Year: 1990, Volume: 57, Pages: 62-95 |
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| Summary: | The article attempts to rediscover the importance of Thomas Aquinas' thoughts on conditional perplexity (the unavoidability of sin under certain conditions) for his doctrine of conscience. As is often noted, Thomas puts unusual emphasis on the binding character of even a conscience misinformed about the basic norms of a well-lived human life. Less frequently mentioned, he does not judge the following of such a conscience to be sinless. Since it would be sinful both to follow and not to follow a conscience erring in this way, an “inevitabilitas peccandi” seems undeniable given the condition mentioned, just as is often the case under the condition of certain lasting effects of a once culpable history now regretted or under the condition of a still abiding, evil intention. Thomas views such conditional perplexity not only as a mark of the finitude of human freedom, but also as the necessary condition of the capacity for a moral progress initiated by the call of one's own conscience and the appeal to the conscience of others. |
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| ISSN: | 2593-2896 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale
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