How does the individual ensure that he is justified? In Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, Abraham, caught in a paradox between two ethical duties, is confronted with this question. He has the ethical duty to be faithful to God and also to his son Isaac. He believes that God is asking him to sacrifice Isaac. But Abraham, adhering firmly to his faith, submitted to what he believed was God's will. Using his perspective and that of his alternate guise, Johannes de Silentio, Kierkegaard focuses on Abraham's story in such a way that his audience must choose between two extremes. Either Abraham is mad or he is justified in saying he will kill Isaac. Is Abraham's decision to sacrifice Isaac faith or murder? According to Kierkegaard, an action must "be judged by the result (Kierkegaard, 91)". You need to know the whole story before choosing a side. In the story of Abraham, Isaac is not sacrificed. God appears to Abraham and tells him that he can sacrifice an animal in place of his son. Kierkegaard then shows that a hero, having become a skándalon for his generation and aware of finding himself in the midst of an incomprehensible paradox, will shout defiantly to his contemporaries: "The future will show that I was right (Kierkegaard, 91)." According to Kierkegaard, those who speak and think like him live secure in their existence. They have a solid position because they understand that everything can only be judged by the final result. These people can be seen as safe prospects in a well-ordered state. "The task of their life is to judge the great, to judge them according to the result (Kierkegaard, 91)."Surely a man who possesses a small erector ingenii is justified in his actions (... middle of paper... ... not is justified by nothing universal, but precisely by being a single individual and by having faith, beyond ethics, in God. In conclusion, Abraham proves himself not to be a murderer. In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard wrote that "the future will show that I was right (Kierkegaard, 91)". Well, the result proved that Abraham does not kill Isaac, he is not crazy. Trying to see the whole picture, one can see that the story of Abraham is a consolation, it is not about Abraham, rather it's about God and forgetting Abraham in order to see God. Remember, Kierkegaard shows that faith is above the universal. However, people can always have their own opinions. However, Kierkegaard tries to show that no one can judge a more until you see the result. The end justifies the means.