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How easy it is to unwittingly stumble into an argument with St Augustine.
Augustine of Hippo was forced to declare "free will" in order to define accountability for in his frame punishment and purgatory could only exist if there was the free will to sin.
Kant correctly replaces this will the concept of reason ("Vernunft")!
It is, I think, in this sense that we must read http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-denial-of-free-will-in-hasidic-thought/
EdwardZ-
Augustine of Hippo was forced to declare "free will" in order to define accountability for in his frame punishment and purgatory could only exist if there was the free will to sin.
Erm ... not quite, no.
Kant correctly replaces this will the concept of reason ("Vernunft")!
If one were to look for just about the most nonsensical statement that anyone could make about Kant, one would probably pick something like that.
Oliver Schick
How easy it is to unwittingly stumble into an argument with St Augustine. Few people have ever enjoyed this. :)
I'm afraid I don't have any inclination to get into an Internet debate on free will. If you're interested in scriptural philosophy, you may be interested in checking it out yourself. This volume looks good and usefully seems to assemble everything you need in one place:
http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24530-on-the-free-choice-of-the-will-on-grace-and-free-choice-and-other-writings/
(NB I haven't read this, just some of the sources collected in it.)
Mosque Thread Alert Level 3. :)