Consistency of law and freedom.

Citation

Upham, T. C. (1850). Consistency of law and freedom. In T. C. Upham, Philosophical and practical treatise on the will, forming the third Vol. of a system of mental philosophy (pp. 277-289). New York, NY, US: Harper and Brothers.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/11930-019

Abstract

We are now so fair advanced in our inquiries as to find ourselves in a position where we are met by the objection, expressed with some variety of phraseology, but in all cases to this effect, that there is an utter inconsistency and contradiction between the two doctrines of the freedom of the will and the subjection of the will to laws. If the Will is free, it is said, it cannot be subject-to laws; and if it is subject to laws, it cannot be free; and, at any rate, there is something utterly incomprehensible in this state of things.--The consideration of this objection will occupy our attention in this chapter; and, at the same time, will incidentally furnish an opportunity for some remarks, which may not be unimportant in their practical applications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)