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    If weakness of will produces sin while rational apprehens... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→When reason and will malfunction, synderesis is effectively overthrown and the agent sins.

    If weakness of will produces sin while rational apprehension of the good remains operative, synderesis need not be overthrown for sin to occur.

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    • 1.Synderesis is the habit of grasping first principles of practical reason, not their application in particular cases.
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    • 2.Weakness of will involves failure to act on what one knows is good, not failure to apprehend the good itself.
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    • 3.Sin can occur through akrasia (acting against one's better judgment) while foundational rational capacities remain intact.
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    • 1.Rational apprehension of the good requires integration with affective and volitional capacities to remain truly operative.
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    • 2.Persistent weakness of will, if it becomes habitual, gradually corrupts the very synderesis it claims to preserve.
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    • 3.Medieval theology holds synderesis as the inextinguishable spark of conscience; weakening it requires its actual overthrow.
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