Summary of text [comment] page 31<\/p>\n
[So let me add the concept of “free will” to both examples.<\/p>\n
In the first, the surgeon knows that something is wrong, but avoids corrective actions.<\/p>\n
In the second, the medical professional knew that it was the wrong patient and still performed the operation.<\/p>\n
Are both cases equivalent to mortal sin?<\/p>\n
Here, we must confront the notion of \u201cfreedom\u201d.\u00a0 Freedom reflects the professional\u2019s relation to thinkdivine<\/sup> (noting, here, that for medical practitioners, thinkgroup<\/sup> was formulated explicitly to complement and reinforce thinkdivine<\/sup>).<\/p>\n A surgeon may avoid corrective action in order to solve an even more critical issue.\u00a0 Similarly, the \u201cwrong patient\u201d may need the operation but not have insurance.<\/p>\n In both cases, the surgeon breaks the rules in order to achieve a goal.\u00a0 So these are not sins at all.\u00a0 Are they?<\/p>\n Thus, the will must be added to knowledge of circumstances in the consideration of venial and mortal sins.<\/p>\n To me, it seems that free will and knowledge, not the objective results, constitute “gravity”.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summary of text [comment] page 31 [So let me add the concept of “free will” to both examples. In the first, the surgeon knows that something is wrong, but avoids corrective actions. In the second, the medical professional knew that it was the wrong patient and still performed the operation. Are both cases equivalent to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n