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0037 In prior blogs, I associate a sequence of four waystations in the history of the word, “selfishness”,<\/em> to four elements in Domning’s visualization of original sin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0038 Traditional theological accounts of original sin<\/em> fuse its universal and its moral realities<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The universal reality<\/em> is direct descent from Adam and Eve, as proposed by Saint Augustine seventeen centuries ago.  This universal reality has been debunked by modern genetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moral reality<\/em> is a corruption of human free will.  People tend to be selfish, even with moral deliberation.  This implies a fall from full rationality and self-control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0039 Domning’s theological account separates original sin’s universal and moral realities.\u00a0\u00a0But, the separation is not complete, because original selfishness (A) evolves into the self (B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evolutionary selfishness (pre-A) culminates in psychological expressions of I-myself (original selfishness, A), which I associate to the initial terminus of the term, “human selfishness” (D).  The passage involves the terms, “self” (B) and “selfish” (C).  Moral deliberation enters the picture with the term, “selfish”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moral reality, the disordered practices of human selfishness, is nothing more than original selfishness, but now with moral deliberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0040 The association between four waystations in the history of the word, “selfishness”,<\/em> with four elements in Domning’s visualization of Original Sin<\/em> appears convincing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I want try my luck with another composite term, “concupiscence”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Concupiscence” builds upon three technical expressions.  These technical expressions associate to waystations (B, C and D) in this development of the word, “selfishness”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note that these technical definitions<\/em> do not correspond to traditional definitions<\/em> of these words.  I will get to that difficulty later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0041 Once again, where am I going with this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0042 The development of the word, “selfishness”, parallels Domning’s argument about the nature of original sin, once its universal and moral realities are separated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key step is the transition from the emphatic, I myself (A), to self (B), a noun.  Domning attributes this step to evolution.  The next step is the adjective, “selfish” (C), describing a tendency towards placing one’s own self above others.  Here, moral constraints may come into play.  “Selfishness” (D) reifies the adjective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0043 Now, I want to repeat the procedure with the word, “concupiscence”.  Concupiscence<\/em> is traditionally used to describe the moral reality of original sin<\/em>.  The universal reality<\/em> is descent from Adam,<\/em> which now has been debunked by science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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