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    Challenges→Synderesis stands in opposition to free choice, sensuality, the impulse to sin, and proheresis.

    A faculty that operates by redirecting a tendency toward higher ends stands in a relationship of reformation to that tendency, not opposition, since opposition would preclude the cooperative moral psychology Bonaventure describes.

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    Key Terms

    Bonaventure(as a historical reference)
    A medieval Christian philosopher (1217–1274) who wrote about how human desires and reason work together in moral development.
    Faculty(in philosophy of mind)
    A distinct mental ability or power, like reason, emotion, or desire—treated as a separate part of the mind.
    Moral psychology(as used in ethics)
    The study of how human emotions, desires, and reasoning actually work together when we make ethical choices.
    Opposition(as used in ethics and philosophy of action)
    In this context, a direct conflict or struggle against something, as if two forces are fighting each other rather than working together.
    Reformation(as used in ethics and philosophy of action)

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    A process of changing or redirecting something toward a better or different direction, while keeping its basic nature intact.
    Tendency(as used in moral psychology)
    A natural inclination or habit that pushes someone toward a particular action or way of behaving.

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