PHI 1103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Determinism
8 Nov 2016
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Man"s life is in a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth. His organization does in no way depend upon himself. His habits are in the power of those who cause him to contract them. He is unceasingly modified by causes (visible or concealed) over which he has no control. Society rejects the idea that all of the actions of humans are necessary because if it were true, then the right of punishing those who injure their associates would no longer exist. The will is a modification of the brain, this will is necessarily determined by the qualities (good or bad) of the objects that act upon his senses. The errors of philosophers on the free agency of man have arisen from their regarding his will as the original motive of his actions. They have not perceived the multiplied and complicated causes which cause his will (independently of him), or which modify his brain.
