The Montesquieu said that liberty enables us to do what we ought to will. Adam Smith was really optimistic about this because he thought there was an outside force acting to aid us and it was propriety. So our character is the collection of virtues and vices that have become habits. We might cultivate habits of acting in a way that is virtuous, but in any case, we're going to cultivate habits ofacting in ways that are vicious.

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