Sin and Freedom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20313162 |
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| Authors | Roger Trigg (University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-202 |
| Publication date | 1984-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412500015973 |
| OpenAlex | W2129937450 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
What is the relationship between the concept of sin and that of freedom? There is a powerful tradition in European thought linking the idea of moral evil with human freedom. Only with a broadening of consciousness, with the awareness of alternative possibilities, did man become able to choose between good and evil, and was responsible for that choice. The myth of the Fall, it seems, shows that eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil gave man the ability to sin, because the awareness of alternatives allowed man to pursue one rather than the other. Without that freedom thus acquired man was innocent and incapable of moral evil
Consciousness · Epistemology · Good and evil · Moral evil · Mythology · Original sin · Political ponerology · Theology · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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