FREE WILL
This is based upon two paragraphs on pages 528 and 529 of “Shield of Achilles” by Phillip Bobbitt. Unless otherwise noted, all quotes are from this source. He is discussing the Grotian View and Leibniz.
“The key to human behavior [is]…free will, and the society of free human beings …characterized by development.”
“In human nature [is] a will to cooperate that [has] its basis in the need for individual development.”
“Reason…[is] the tangible expression of this inner human desire for pursuing and nurturing happiness.”
“It [is] the paradox of free will, by which happiness was maximized but the possibility of error enshrined, that [drives] justice.”
“The possibilities of free will always include[s] the option of error, and even the pursuit of evil. For this reason moral values [are] an inescapable part of the natural order—they played a role when men were free to choose.”
Free will is indeed a paradox—it can lead to happiness or to wickedness, for” wickedness never was happiness “ (Book of Mormon, Alma 41:2, when speaking of the resurrection Alma says, “Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold I say unto you, wickedness was never happiness”). This is why there is ALWAYS a moral component to every action, reaction, decision, indecision in life. There is no neutral ground. You are either on one road or the other. Where are you?
This is based upon two paragraphs on pages 528 and 529 of “Shield of Achilles” by Phillip Bobbitt. Unless otherwise noted, all quotes are from this source. He is discussing the Grotian View and Leibniz.
“The key to human behavior [is]…free will, and the society of free human beings …characterized by development.”
“In human nature [is] a will to cooperate that [has] its basis in the need for individual development.”
“Reason…[is] the tangible expression of this inner human desire for pursuing and nurturing happiness.”
“It [is] the paradox of free will, by which happiness was maximized but the possibility of error enshrined, that [drives] justice.”
“The possibilities of free will always include[s] the option of error, and even the pursuit of evil. For this reason moral values [are] an inescapable part of the natural order—they played a role when men were free to choose.”
Free will is indeed a paradox—it can lead to happiness or to wickedness, for” wickedness never was happiness “ (Book of Mormon, Alma 41:2, when speaking of the resurrection Alma says, “Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold I say unto you, wickedness was never happiness”). This is why there is ALWAYS a moral component to every action, reaction, decision, indecision in life. There is no neutral ground. You are either on one road or the other. Where are you?
THREE TYPES OF LAW
Natural Law: that which is the way things are done both material and spiritual;
Volitional Law: the things that we choose to do;
Divine Law: that which God commands us to do.
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