Excusing Sinners and Blaming God by Guillaume Bignon

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Excusing Sinners and Blaming God by Guillaume Bignon

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Excusing Sinners and Blaming God by Guillaume Bignon

Calvinist determinism destroys moral responsibility and makes God the author of sin. These two accusations are not new, and were arguably anticipated by Paul in Romans 9, but they remain today the most important objections offered against Calvinist/determinist views of human free will. This book is a philosophically rigorous and comprehensive defense of Calvinism against these two families of arguments. With respect to human moral responsibility, it discusses whether determinism destroys free will, turns humans into pets or puppets, and involves or is analogous to coercion and manipulation. It responds to the consequence argument and direct argument for incompatibilism, the principle of alternate possibilities, the ought implies can maxim, and related claims. With respect to the authorship of sin, it discusses whether Calvinist determinism improperly involves God in evil. Does it mean that God sins, or causes sin, or wills sin in problematic ways? Does God intend our sin, or (merely) permit sin? In each case the coherence of the Calvinist view is defended against its most potent objections, to reject the claim that Calvinism is excusing sinners and blaming God.

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Bignon, Guillaume: - Guillaume Bignon is a French analytical philosopher and computer scientist who works in the financial industry in New York. He is an executive committee member of Association Axiome, a society of French-speaking Christian scholars.
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ISBN 13 9781532618659
ISBN 10 1532618654
Title Excusing Sinners and Blaming God
Author Guillaume Bignon
Series Princeton Theological Monograph
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wipf & Stock Publishers
Year published 2017-12-11
Number of pages 254
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