Perfecting agents

The focus of this paper is the process of perfecting agents. There are two views that attempt to explain what perfecting an agent looks like, specifically in the context of temporal requirements. One view claims that it is part of Christian orthodoxy that those destined for heaven will be instantane...

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Main Author: Henderson, Luke (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2023
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 93, Issue: 2, Pages: 83-105
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Perfection / Morals / Duration / God / Heaven / Purgatory / Christianity
IxTheo Classification:CA Christianity
NBE Anthropology
NBK Soteriology
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Heaven
B Moral perfection
B Time
B Personal Identity
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Summary:The focus of this paper is the process of perfecting agents. There are two views that attempt to explain what perfecting an agent looks like, specifically in the context of temporal requirements. One view claims that it is part of Christian orthodoxy that those destined for heaven will be instantaneously changed upon death from imperfect agents to perfect ones. The other view says that it’s impossible to perform an instantaneous change if the agent wants to maintain their personal identity; an instantaneous change from imperfection to perfection would be tantamount to creating a brand-new person, sufficiently causally disconnected from their previous imperfect self. Instead, this view claims that some form of temporal extension is necessary for the process to be successful. I end up in support of the view that says temporal extension is necessary.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-022-09854-x