The Devil's Own Luck
Lucifer, Luck, and Moral Responsibility
Seiten
2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0018-9 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0018-9 (ISBN)
This book argues that the sin of the devil compels a view of moral responsibility that undermines concerns about luck. It surveys the biblical account of the primal sin, its major interpretation in the tradition, and navigates that interpretation through objections from the perspective of moral luck.
Contemporary philosophy is interested in questions of luck and moral responsibility. Christian theology is largely unconcerned with luck because of its understanding of the creatureliness of the will. This understanding is rooted in story of the primal sin the narrative about how the first good creature chose wrongly. When considered philosophically, this story produces a problem for describing how a good creature can sin in ideal circumstances. The tradition has appealed to a voluntarist account of the devil's sin as a satisfying response to this problem. But some have worried that this kind of free choice succumbs to a responsibility denying kind of luck. This volume describes how this underlying story undermines worries about luck for Christian moral reasoning by reflecting on how any luck the devil has is his own.
Contemporary philosophy is interested in questions of luck and moral responsibility. Christian theology is largely unconcerned with luck because of its understanding of the creatureliness of the will. This understanding is rooted in story of the primal sin the narrative about how the first good creature chose wrongly. When considered philosophically, this story produces a problem for describing how a good creature can sin in ideal circumstances. The tradition has appealed to a voluntarist account of the devil's sin as a satisfying response to this problem. But some have worried that this kind of free choice succumbs to a responsibility denying kind of luck. This volume describes how this underlying story undermines worries about luck for Christian moral reasoning by reflecting on how any luck the devil has is his own.
John R. Gilhooly is associate professor of philosophy and theology and Director of the Honors Program at Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH.
Chapter 1: The Story of the Primal Sin
Chapter 2: Primal Sin in Augustine and Anselm
Chapter 3: Explanation, Primal Sin, and Luck
Chapter 4: Creatures Are Not Lucky
Chapter 5: God, the Devil, and Luck
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.06.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 349 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-0018-X / 179360018X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-0018-9 / 9781793600189 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
von Athanasius bis Gregor dem Großen
Buch | Softcover (2024)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 18,90
mein Leben mit Benedikt XVI.
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Verlag Herder
CHF 39,90
