The dictionary definition of repentance seems to be “the fact of showing that you are very sorry for something bad you have done in the past, and wish that you had not done it”. I think it’s quite possible for a king to do that without resigning.
You speak a lot about “evil” but aren’t clear about what you mean with the word. If we take Kim Jong Un as one example, there was a good chance for Kim Jong Un to die in an internal power struggle after he became leader. He was very young compared to most of the North Korean power brokers who didn’t exactly like a twenty something commanding them.
He consolidated power through a series of very brutal actions. If you would ask him why he did so in a honest setting, he probably would tell you that he needed to do so to consolidate power and otherwise he would probably fall fighting to a coup. He might tell you that killing his brother was the morally right thing to do under utilitarian calculus given that it provided political stability. Maybe even a personal sacrifice of a family member for the greater good of North Korea.
You speak about “sin”. Kim Jong Un certainly committed a sin in the Christian sense. This could be due to him having to make choices between pretty bad alternatives or it could be because of bad values that would also produce problems in a post-scarcity world where he’s not forced to pick between bad alternatives.
The dictionary definition of repentance seems to be “the fact of showing that you are very sorry for something bad you have done in the past, and wish that you had not done it”. I think it’s quite possible for a king to do that without resigning.
You speak a lot about “evil” but aren’t clear about what you mean with the word. If we take Kim Jong Un as one example, there was a good chance for Kim Jong Un to die in an internal power struggle after he became leader. He was very young compared to most of the North Korean power brokers who didn’t exactly like a twenty something commanding them.
He consolidated power through a series of very brutal actions. If you would ask him why he did so in a honest setting, he probably would tell you that he needed to do so to consolidate power and otherwise he would probably fall fighting to a coup. He might tell you that killing his brother was the morally right thing to do under utilitarian calculus given that it provided political stability. Maybe even a personal sacrifice of a family member for the greater good of North Korea.
You speak about “sin”. Kim Jong Un certainly committed a sin in the Christian sense. This could be due to him having to make choices between pretty bad alternatives or it could be because of bad values that would also produce problems in a post-scarcity world where he’s not forced to pick between bad alternatives.