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    On this view, God's rejoicing would occur even if the rep... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Divine forgiveness consists in God rejoicing in our repentance — that is, God ceases to suffer on our account when we repent.

    On this view, God's rejoicing would occur even if the repentant person had wronged a third party, meaning God's emotional state tracks repentance rather than the moral relationship between wrongdoer and victim.

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    • 1.Repentance involves genuine moral transformation of the wrongdoer's character, which is intrinsically valuable regardless of victim restoration.
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    • 2.God's emotional responses should track internal moral states (contrition) rather than external relational facts to avoid making divine joy dependent on victim choice.
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    • 3.A parent's joy at a child's sincere apology and changed heart is appropriate even if the victim hasn't yet forgiven, paralleling God's response.
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    • 1.Genuine repentance includes accepting obligation to make amends to victims; celebrating repentance while ignoring victim harm severs repentance from its moral meaning.
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    • 2.If God's emotional state disconnects from whether victims are actually wronged or reconciled, this treats victims as morally irrelevant to the moral situation.
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    • 3.Rejoicing over internal repentance alone, without victim restoration, could enable God to celebrate injustice that remains unrepaired in the world.
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    Key Terms

    Emotional state(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The feelings or emotions someone is experiencing at a given moment.
    Repentance(as used in ethics and theology)
    Genuine regret for something wrong you've done, along with a sincere desire to change and do better in the future.
    Third party(as used in ethics and law)
    Someone other than the two main people involved in a situation—a bystander or someone not directly part of an agreement or conflict.
    Tracks (in philosophical context)(as used in logic and philosophy of mind)
    Follows along with or corresponds to—meaning one thing changes based on changes in another thing.
    moral relationship(Invoked by Scanlon to explain how blame of strangers is possible on his relationship-based account of blame.)
    The relationship in which, according to Scanlon, all rational agents stand to one another.

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