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liberty of indifference
liberty of indifference n. Philosophy and Theology the ability to make a completely free choice in any given set of circumstances; absolute free will; cf. indifference n.1 3.
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1680 W. Bates Soveraign & Final Happiness of Man ix. 192 The liberty of indifference is with respect to some particular good Things, which may be variously represented, so as to cause inclination or aversion.
1793 Monthly Rev. 11 497 We cannot help thinking that there is some inconsistency in our author's representing the liberty of indifference as an active faculty of chusing to act contrary to motives.
1845 Evangelical Guardian July 77 The ‘free will’ against which he contended is a liberty of indifference; a self-determining power, by which the will may choose without any motive or object.
1898 M. Chapman tr. P. Janet Theory of Morals vi. 369 In order to refute this idea of the liberty of indifference, it is not necessary to prove that it is impossible: it suffices to show that it is useless.
1921 A. K. Rogers Student's Hist. of Philos. (rev. ed.) 155 A freedom opposed to the mere causeless liberty of indifference which the Epicureans upheld.
2000 T. Penelhum Themes in Hume: Self, Will, Relig. (2004) vii. 141 Hume's second line of attack on liberty of indifference is the more practical one that we need predictability in human affairs in order to make our decisions.
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