tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post5563986594810859480..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Aristotle's optimism and pessimismAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-64928628545137148532020-05-18T13:08:58.296-05:002020-05-18T13:08:58.296-05:00Alex
If you believe in libertarian free will, the...Alex<br /><br />If you believe in libertarian free will, the process of choosing is, by definition, natural behaviour. <br /><br /><br /><br />Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-22569314878137360892020-05-18T11:11:52.349-05:002020-05-18T11:11:52.349-05:00Walter:
People are a special kind of thing. I don...Walter:<br /><br />People are a special kind of thing. I don't think it's true that when we freely choose the wrong we behave naturally. Rather, we are misusing our free will.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-434714085725801792020-05-16T12:41:44.515-05:002020-05-16T12:41:44.515-05:00Alex
I'm not sure there is a contradiction, b...Alex<br /><br />I'm not sure there is a contradiction, but the 'natural way' in which <i>things</i> seem to behave is not the same 'natural way' in which <i>people</i> behave.<br />If people have libertarian free will, then if they use their natural LFW to control their behaviour, they behave in a natural way. Hence, if most people are bad (and there is no reason to think they are), then it is not because they don't behave in a natural way.<br /><br /><br /> Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-12943425768375030472020-05-16T10:40:20.484-05:002020-05-16T10:40:20.484-05:00TO act in accord with your telos nature would be h...TO act in accord with your telos nature would be how Aquinas understands AristotleAvraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.com