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In die Skriflig

On-line version ISSN 2305-0853
Print version ISSN 1018-6441

Abstract

GILES, S.P.. Ethical decision-making: The doctrine of sin and grace. In Skriflig (Online) [online]. 2009, vol.43, n.2, pp.341-360. ISSN 2305-0853.

Ethical decision-making presupposes the possession of a free will. Central to a discussion on reformed ethics is the question of the bounds of freedom of the will. The reformed tradition, along with the wider Christian tradition, affirms that the will is not free in the Pelagian sense of being absolutely free, but is constrained by the effects of humanity's fall from original righteousness. This article considers the nature and extent to which the will is considered free, or no longer free at all. The question posed here, within the reformed theoretic ethical framework, is whether the will is so vitiated that a person is incapable of any effective choice of action or inaction in the face of any moral dilemma, or does fallen humanity still possess some ability to make a free choice, albeit under conditions of impaired freedom of the will?

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