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    Supports→Those who die in infancy or never develop into minimally rational agents also deserve condemnation along with the rest of the human race.

    The whole human race was condemned in its apostate head (Adam) by a divine judgment so just that even if not a single member of the race were ever saved from it, no one could rail against God's justice.

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    Apostate(as used in theology)
    Someone who abandons or rejects a religion or belief system they previously followed; in this context, Adam is described as having turned away from God's commands.
    Condemned(theological ethics)
    In religious contexts, judged as guilty or deserving punishment, typically for sin or moral wrongdoing.
    Divine judgment

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    (as used in theology)
    A decision or punishment made by God based on God's assessment of human actions or moral status.
    God's justice(as used in theology and philosophy)
    The idea that God is perfectly fair and righteous in all divine decisions and punishments, treating everyone according to what they deserve.
    adam(Kaspi's etymological argument for Hebrew's ideal nature)
    Hebrew noun for 'man,' derived from adama (earth), indicating that man originates partly in earth
    original sin(Scotus's account, drawing on Anselm)
    The disordered ranking of the affection for advantage over the affection for justice

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    But what about those who never commit any offense against God at all, such as those who die in infancy or those who, because of severe brain damage or some other factor, never develop into minimally rational agents? These too, according to Augustine, deserve to be condemned along with the human race as a whole. “For … the whole human race,” he insisted, “was condemned in its apostate head by a divine judgment so just that even if not a single member of the race [including, therefore, those who die in infancy] were ever saved from it, no one could rail against God’s justice” (Enchiridion, 99)....

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