Abstract

The average person who has ever made a decision is fully aware of the fact that the will is free. But the problem of free will has for long been the centre of philosophical controversy. Dr. Antweiler’s recent contribution is a comprehensive and very readable study of the question. Beginning with an examination of the nominal definition of free will, he gives the status quaestionis and indicates the limits of the problem. Next, he gives us the various arguments proving the fact of free will, before giving us a long section on the nature or essence of free will. And lest his tale be without a moral, he concludes with a few moving pages on freedom as a responsibility: noblesse oblige.