sin
Let an agent explain concepts of sin across religious and moral traditions with attribution, describe categories and practices of confession and atonement, present philosophical and secular perspectives, and avoid endorsing or judging beliefs.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand Concepts of sin.
Traditions
Across traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How do Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and other traditions understand sin or transgression, in their own terms? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and free of endorsement or judgement? boundary
Categories
Categories and lists.
Categories
Categories.
- What are categories such as mortal and venial sin and lists such as the seven deadly sins, and how do traditions use them? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Practice Confession and atonement.
Atonement
Atonement practices.
Atonement
Atonement.
- How do traditions practise confession, repentance, atonement and forgiveness? provenance
- Is the user seeking personal spiritual guidance, which belongs with their community? boundary
Ethics
Sin and ethics.
Ethics
Ethics.
- How do religious ethics relate sin to virtue, conscience and law? provenance
- Which entry fits morality? action
Perspectives Other perspectives.
Philosophy
Philosophical views.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How have philosophers and secular ethicists analysed the concept of sin, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits moral philosophy? action
Psychology
Psychological perspectives.
Psychology
Psychology.
- What do psychologists say about guilt, shame and religious concepts of sin? provenance
- Is someone in distress, needing support? boundary
Learn History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have concepts of sin developed historically, according to historians of religion? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture
In art and literature.
Culture
Culture.
- How is sin represented in art, literature and popular culture? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- sin list, desperatio, aparādha, Kabira, The Nine Satanic Sins, seven deadly sins, internal sin, venial sin, eternal sin, sin of omission, Islamic views on sin, Jewish views on sin
What it is Filled
An act, thought or state regarded in a religious or moral tradition as a transgression against divine law, sacred order or moral duty, understood variously across traditions: as offence against God in the Abrahamic religions with categories such as mortal and venial sin and lists such as the seven deadly sins, as aparadha or offence in Indian traditions, and in other frameworks; concepts of sin shape ethics, ritual, confession and atonement, and are described here with attribution to the traditions that hold them.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain concepts of sin across religious and moral traditions with attribution, describe categories and practices of confession and atonement, present philosophical and secular perspectives, and avoid endorsing or judging beliefs.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Religious framing
- Tradition-specific
- Categories and lists
- Atonement practices
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present one tradition's concept of sin as universal.
- Judge or label individuals or groups as sinful.
- Use the concept to justify discrimination or harm against people.
- Mock the beliefs of any tradition.
Only with a human decision
- Giving guidance on religious matters to a person seeking spiritual counsel.
May
- Explain concepts of sin across traditions, naming the tradition, with sources.
- Distinguish sin from crime and from moral wrong in secular ethics.
Moral aspects Filled
- Labelling people sinful has fuelled persecution of minorities.
- Beliefs about sin are deeply held and deserve respect.
Who is affected
- Believers
- Groups labelled sinful
- Non-believers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; each religious tradition holds its own teaching.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q451967 - registry parent class
related
- intentional human activity - category
- morality - moral frameworks
- God - the divine in Abrahamic conceptions
- taboo - a related concept of prohibition
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.sin
- Wikidata: Q60227 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60227)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Transgression against divine or moral law
- Tradition-specific categories
- Crime is legal; guilt is a feeling or legal finding
- Not physical; a religious and moral concept.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain concepts with attribution
- describe categories and practices
- present other perspectives
- avoid endorsement or judgement
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting one tradition as universal
- Judging individuals or groups as sinful
- Confusing sin with crime
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Religious law and teaching by tradition
- No civil regulation of the concept
- Content policies on respectful treatment of religion
Context of use required Filled
- Religious and moral concepts of transgression.
- sin in Judaism
- sin in Christianity including mortal and venial categories
- sin in Islam
- offence and karma in Indian traditions
- moral transgression in secular ethics
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q60227: sin - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Sin - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each tradition have a separate entry?
- How should scriptural sources be linked?
- How should secular perspectives be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q60227/spec.json