Subject: Philosophy Book Title: Responsibility and Atonement
Responsibility and Atonement
Swinburne, Richard,
Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion,
University of Oxford
Print publication date: 1989
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-824849-1 doi:10.1093/0198248490.001.0001 |
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Abstract:
When we do good or harm to each other, we acquire merit or guilt; deserve praise or blame, reward or punishment, and may need to make atonement. Others may need to forgive us, or show mercy to us. The first part of this book (Chs. 1–7) is an account of how these moral concepts apply to humans in their dealings with each other. The second part (Chs. 8–12) then applies the results of the first part to reach conclusions about which versions of traditional Christian doctrines that utilize these notions are morally plausible. It considers the doctrines of sin and original sin, redemption, sanctification, Heaven and Hell.
Keywords: atonement, Christianity, ethics, forgiveness, God, guilt, Heaven, Hell, Jesus, merit, moral philosophy, morality, original sin, philosophy, punishment, responsibility, reward, sin, Richard Swinburne, theology Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
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Moral Goodness
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Moral Responsibility and Weakness of Will
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The Relevance of Free Will
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Merit and Reward
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Guilt, Atonement, and Forgiveness
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Punishment
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Man's Moral Condition
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Morality Under God
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Sin and Original Sin
10.
Redemption
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Sanctification and Corruption
12.
Heaven and Hell
Index
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doi:10.1093/0198248490.001.0001
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