THE OPEN MANUSCRIPT⸺Syed Muhammad Hur Jaffri◇
The Second Sin
On the Crime Committed in the Explaining
The Second Sin
On the original wrong and the continuing act of making it bearable through explanation.
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THE OPEN MANUSCRIPT⸺Syed Muhammad Hur Jaffri◇
On Justifying the Unjustifiable
A Philosophy of Sin, Repentance, and the Self That Must Account for Both
Philosophy & reflection / Conscience & Responsibility
On Justifying the Unjustifiable
A Philosophy of Sin, Repentance, and the Self That Must Account for Both
An inquiry into repentance, the excavation of motive, and the point where an explanation becomes an alibi.
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- 01Opening pages
- 02PREFACE
- 03PART I — On the First Sin
- 04PART II — On the Justification That Undoes the Repentance
- 05PART III — On the Taxonomy of Excuses
- 06PART IV — On Bad Conscience and What It Is For
- 07PART V — On the Eternal Recurrence Test
- 08PART VI — On the Other Person in the Sin
- 09PART VII — On Living Inside the Unresolved
- 10EPILOGUE
- 11AFTERWORD