Ability of agents to be the ultimate source or originator of their choices, free from external determination
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A refutation of a dangerous & hurtful opinion maintained by Mr. Samuel Willard, an independent minister at Boston, & president at the commencement in Cambridge in New-England, July 1, 1702 . Viz. That the fall of Adam, and all the sins of men, necessarily come to pass by virtue of God's decree, and his determination both of the will of Adam, and of all other men, to sin. Sent to him in Latine soon after the commencement, and since translated into English. By G. Keith, M.A.
Keith, George, 1639?-1716.Date: 1702]- E-books
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Scripture-Evidence consider'd , in a view of the controversy betwixt the author and Mr. Barclay's defenders, viz. Mr. Beaven and Dr. Morgan; in a fourth letter to a friend. To which are added, two tracts, viz. I. Some short Reflections on Virtue and Happiness: Wherein is shewn, That Good and Evil are founded in the abstract Nature and Reason of Things; That Selfishness and Benevolence are two distinct and independent Principles of Action; That Virtue is solely founded in Benevolence; and, That the preserving and cherishing in our selves a benevolent Temper and Disposition, is the most sure Way to a Happy Life. II. A few Things humbly offer'd to the Confideration of Believers and Unbelievers, in these happy Days of Liberty of Inquiry. By Tho. Chubb.
Chubb, Thomas, 1679-1747.Date: M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728]- Books
The mystery of being human : God, freedom and the NHS / Raymond Tallis.
Raymond TallisDate: 2016- E-books
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Some thoughts on self-love , innate-ideas, free-will, taste, sentiment, liberty and necessity, &c. occasioned by reading Mr. Hume's works, and the short treatise written in French by Lord Bolingbroke, on compassion. Together with a few remarks on the genuine sequel, and Mr. Knowles's Answer to the Essay on Spirit. In letter to a friend. By the author of the Essay on spirit.
Clayton, Robert, 1695-1758.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
The self beyond itself : an alternative history of ethics, the new brain sciences, and the myth of free will / Heidi M. Ravven.
Heidi RavvenDate: [2013]