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Law and moral agency in De libero arbitrio I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2017

IVAN WELTY
IVAN WELTY*
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Department of Philosophy, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 97301, USA
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e-mail: iwelty@willamette.edu
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Abstract

Augustine's account of postlapsarian human moral agency in Book I of De libero arbitrio is analysed more fully than heretofore. Consideration is given to Augustine's Stoic antecedents and, following a suggestion by R. J. O'Connell, a comparison with Kant's moral philosophy is developed. The result is a more nuanced understanding of Augustine's account of moral agency in the early period. Whether that account persists into Augustine's later work is left an open question.

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Religious Studies , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 117 - 130
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