Exploring Original Sin and Human Nature

This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of original sin, referencing St. Thomas Aquinas and discussing the complex relationship between human faculties, reason, and base appetites. The dialogue examines the distinctions between humanity’s state pre- and post-sin, contemplating the existence of integrity in human nature and the implications of divine grace. Through theological and philosophical lenses, the discussion addresses the inheritance of concupiscence and moral agency in relation to original sin and the nature of children at birth.