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    An agent who sins retains synderesis intact, meaning sin ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→When reason and will malfunction, synderesis is effectively overthrown and the agent sins.

    An agent who sins retains synderesis intact, meaning sin reflects a gap between synderesis and action, not synderesis's absence.

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    • 1.Synderesis is the innate habit of grasping first principles of practical reason, which cannot be lost without destroying rational agency itself.
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    • 2.Sinners consistently experience moral remorse and self-condemnation, evidencing that their synderesis remains operative and conflicted with their choices.
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    • 3.If sin destroyed synderesis, habitual sinners would feel no internal resistance, yet they typically report shame and internal division about wrongdoing.
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    • 1.Hardened sinners often report no internal conflict or remorse, suggesting synderesis can be genuinely suppressed or corrupted by sustained vice.
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    • 2.If synderesis remained intact in all sinners, it would explain why moral education sometimes fails entirely—yet education assumes synderesis can atrophy.
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    • 3.Distinguishing synderesis from conscience or practical wisdom becomes unclear: perhaps what feels 'intact' is merely weakened rational judgment, not true synderesis.
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