
HoP 380 - Take Your Choice - Erasmus vs Luther on Free Will
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Is There a Morally Significant Choice?
In a certain and very limited sense, luther thinks that we do have morally significant choice. But it does not mean that god is forcing us to sin. It is, as he says, necessity ofutale, not of compulsion. Luther adds though, that if determinism turned out to be false and he could be given truly free will, he would not want it for he would simply use it to sin.
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