Our Sunday Talks Or Gleanings in Various Fields of Thought
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For instance, we are told by those who believe in this irresponsibility of action that no sane mind acts without motive that mo- tive is not subject to will that the mind must necessarily yield to the strongest motive, and that therefore whatever a man does he is compelled to do.
This process of reasoning, if accepted, 86 OUR SUNDAY TALKS.
leaves the opponents of such conclusions without any ground to stand on. It takes away from man the last vestige of moral accountability, and rnakes him the ...veriest shuttlecock of irresistible fate.
If such was the prevailing belief of the world, man would soon settle back into the lower types of life whence he sprung, and chaos would come again. But the reasoning, in our judgment, is fallacious, and the con- clusions wrong.
It is no doubt true that man is very largely subject to conditions of birth, educa- tion and surroundings. We can readily see that he is a free moral agent only in a limited sense, if at all. If born in vice, and educated in crime, he will be very apt to be a crimi- nal although the rule is not absolutely in- variable ; and it is this variation of rule that lies at the basis of all evolution.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For instance, we are told by those who believe in this irresponsibility of action that no sane mind acts without motive that mo- tive is not subject to will that the mind must necessarily yield to the strongest motive, and that therefore whatever a man does he is compelled to do.
This process of reasoning, if accepted, 86 OUR SUNDAY TALKS.
leaves the opponents of such conclusions without any ground to stand on. It takes away from man the last vestige of moral accountability, and rnakes him the ...veriest shuttlecock of irresistible fate.
If such was the prevailing belief of the world, man would soon settle back into the lower types of life whence he sprung, and chaos would come again. But the reasoning, in our judgment, is fallacious, and the con- clusions wrong.
It is no doubt true that man is very largely subject to conditions of birth, educa- tion and surroundings. We can readily see that he is a free moral agent only in a limited sense, if at all. If born in vice, and educated in crime, he will be very apt to be a crimi- nal although the rule is not absolutely in- variable ; and it is this variation of rule that lies at the basis of all evolution.
What to read after Our Sunday Talks Or Gleanings in Various Fields of Thought?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by J J James J Owen to read onlineMoreLess
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