Canadian Journal of Philosophy 31 (2):221-244 (2001)
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In this paper we offer a reconstruction of Anselm’s account of freedom that resolves various apparent inconsistencies. The linchpin of this
account is the definition of freedom. Anselm argues that the power to preserve rectitude for its own sake requires the power to initiate an action of which the agent is the ultimate cause, but it does not always require that alternative possibilities be available to the agent. So while freedom is incompatible with coercion and external causal determination, an agent can, under certain circumstances, act freely even though he cannot act otherwise than he does.
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Keywords | Anselm freedom Principle of Alternative Possibilities |
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ISBN(s) | 0045-5091 |
DOI | 10.1080/00455091.2001.10717566 |
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