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Freewill, determinism and criminal justice
Legal Studies, 1983‘Supposing, then, that determinism is true – and surely many intelligent and well-informed people believe that it is – how can we any longer uphold the notion of responsibility in our courts of law?’A. Kenny.The substance of this article revolves around Kenny's rhetorical question.
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2000
Abstract It is now generally agreed that Scotus made important innovations in the theory of modality. I wish in this essay to examine in detail the passages which contain these innovations; they come from his discussion of the relation between divine foreknowledge and contingency in human actions, and in particular, from his treatment ...
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Abstract It is now generally agreed that Scotus made important innovations in the theory of modality. I wish in this essay to examine in detail the passages which contain these innovations; they come from his discussion of the relation between divine foreknowledge and contingency in human actions, and in particular, from his treatment ...
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1971
It is probably the case that all of our feeble reasonings on the subject of freewill, whether pro or con, are in fact overwhelmed and swept quite away by our feelings. We could very well argue that it is a plain and irresistable fact that when faced with a decision, we know we really can take any of the two or more alternatives before us.
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It is probably the case that all of our feeble reasonings on the subject of freewill, whether pro or con, are in fact overwhelmed and swept quite away by our feelings. We could very well argue that it is a plain and irresistable fact that when faced with a decision, we know we really can take any of the two or more alternatives before us.
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The Divine Concurrence and Freewill
Blackfriars, 1924I.In our previous article we discussed the ninth chapter of Fr. Joyce’s book. Another chapter, which in our opinion spoils an otherwise most excellent work, is chapter xvi on ‘Conservation and Concurrence.’ In this chapter Fr. Joyce again abandons the teaching of the Angelic Doctor for a modern theory which is wholly inconsistent with the teaching of ...
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