Freedom of the Will
Freedom of the Will

Author: Daniel Whedon

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1498273033

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Is the human will in bondage to sinful motives, to the point that people cannot make truly free decisions? Daniel D. Whedon, a prominent nineteenth-century Wesleyan theologian, takes aim at this central thesis of the famed theologian Jonathan Edwards. In this new edition of his widely admired 1864 work, Whedon offers a step-by-step examination of Edwards's positions and finds them lacking in Biblical and logical support. Within his position against Edwards, he argues that the difference between natural ability and moral ability is meaningless, that Edwards's deterministic "necessitarian" argument makes God the author of sin, and that people frequently act against their strongest motives. He concludes that, without a free will, "there can be no justice, no satisfying the moral sense, no moral Government of which the creature can be the rightful subject, and no God the righteous administrator."

Determinism OR Free-Will?
Determinism OR Free-Will?

Author: CHAPMAN COHEN

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-01-02

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 9361152831

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Chapman Cohen's "Determinism or Free-Will?" is a concept-provoking analysis of one of the maximum lasting philosophical issues that has captivated philosophers for millennia. Cohen's paintings, posted in the early 20th century, looks into the warfare among determinism and loose will, contradictory ideas that have an effect on our view of human motion. Cohen engages readers in a riveting evaluation of the debates over the nature of choice, causality, and the amount of character manipulate over acts. He gives a comprehensive explanation, deconstructing the results of each determinism, the belief that activities are predestined by way of antecedent causes, and loose will, the perception that people have the autonomy to make choices unbiased of outside forces. The creator navigates hard philosophical troubles with clarity, making the communication understandable to human beings with numerous intellectual backgrounds. Cohen's work is greater than just a philosophical treatise; it invitations readers to consider the underlying essence of human lifestyles and the consequences of embracing either determinism or unfastened will. Chapman Cohen's "Determinism or Free-Will?" invitations readers to recall the essential troubles that have captivated philosophers in the course of records, supplying an undying investigation of the interaction between destiny and personal activity.