Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow.
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The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.Corliss Lamont
The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.
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Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.
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I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
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The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.
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It makes no more sense to postulate a special brain-soul in order to account for the activities of the brain than to postulate a special stomach-soul in order to explain the functioning of the stomach or a special lung-soul to explain the phenomenon
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