Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity |
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Editor:
| Chappell, Vere |
Author:
| Bramhall, John Hobbess, Thomas |
Contribution by:
| Ameriks, Karl Clarke, Desmond M. |
Series title: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-59343-4 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Do human beings ever act freely, and if so what does freedom mean? Is everything that happens antecedently caused, and if so how is freedom possible? Is it right, even for God, to punish people for things they cannot help doing? This volume presents the famous seventeenth-century controversy in which Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall debate these questions and others. The complete texts of their initial contributions to the debate are included, together with selections from their...
More DescriptionDo human beings ever act freely, and if so what does freedom mean? Is everything that happens antecedently caused, and if so how is freedom possible? Is it right, even for God, to punish people for things they cannot help doing? This volume presents the famous seventeenth-century controversy in which Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall debate these questions and others. The complete texts of their initial contributions to the debate are included, together with selections from their subsequent replies to one another and from other works of Hobbes.