0 the theory that everything that happens must happen as it does and could not have happened any other way
Belief in creativeness and spontaneity replace the older belief in determinism.
Determinism is not inconsistent with the cruel treatment of criminals.
Determinism thus reflects upon itself and in a curious way turns to operate against itself.
Economic determinism has been an antidote to mere preaching of goodness, to hero-worship and political quackery.
The critique of science and the assaults upon determinism proceeded upon parallel lines.
What the compatibilist claims is simply that our actions may be free and attributable to us even if determinism is true.
He questions the concern, widely expressed, that freedom and responsibility are excluded by determinism.
Determinism here refers to the idea that the future is dependent upon the present such that, given the present, only one possible future exists.
