The rationalist of Aquino: rescuing Aquinas from intellective determinism

Aquinas's theory of human action seems to reduce the will to the status of an obedient servant, who can only choose actions that intellect has judged approvingly. So how can Aquinas claim that the will is free? And can his theory account for our apparent ability to make choices that defy the di...

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Main Author: Sigurdur Kristinsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2006-03-01
Series:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/1063