Moral Autonomy and Unconditional Submission to God: Response to Choo

A number of prominent commentators construe the concept of worship in such a way that it commits the worshipper to unconditional submission to God. One might think, however, that construing worship in this way implies that the worshipper’s moral autonomy will be undermined. In this paper I respond t...

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Main Author: Ruloff, C. P. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: TheoLogica
Year: 2025, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 267-278
Further subjects:B Worship
B Moral Autonomy
B God
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Summary:A number of prominent commentators construe the concept of worship in such a way that it commits the worshipper to unconditional submission to God. One might think, however, that construing worship in this way implies that the worshipper’s moral autonomy will be undermined. In this paper I respond to and reject a recent argument by Frederick Choo that attempts to show that it's false that unconditional submission to God undermines the worshipper's moral autonomy.
ISSN:2593-0265
Contains:Enthalten in: TheoLogica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14428/thl.v9i1.89293