ABSTRACT
Importance of the question. - Definition of necessity. - Why supposed to exist in the operations of the material universe. - The case of the operations of mind is parallel. Indications of necessity - In history - In our judgments of character - In our schemes of policy - In our ideas of moral discipline. - Objection from the fallibility of our expectations in human conduct. - Answer. - Origin and universality of this sentiment of free will, - The sentiment of necessity also universal, - The truth of the sentiment argued from the nature of volition. - Hypothesis of free will examined. - Self-determination. Indifference. - The will not a distinct faculty. - Free will disadvantageous to its possessor. - Of no service to morality.
