T 2.3.2.7
SBN 411-2 · cited directly by 2 papers, reached by 1 more through page or section ranges
But so inconsistent are men with themselves, that tho' they often assert, that necessity utterly destroys all merit and demerit either towards mankind or superior powers, yet they |continue still to reason upon these very principles of necessity in all their judgments concerning this matter. Men are not blam'd for such evil actions as they perform ignorantly and casually, whatever may be their consequences. Why? but because the causes of these actions are only momentary, and terminate in them alone. Men are less blam'd for such evil actions, as they perform hastily and unpremeditately, than for such as proceed from thought and deliberation. For what reason? but because a hasty temper, tho' a constant cause in the mind, operates only by intervals, and infects not the whole character. Again, repentance wipes off every crime, especially if attended with an evident reformation of life and manners. How is this to be accounted for? But by asserting that actions render a person criminal, merely as they are proofs of criminal passions or principles in the mind; and when by any alteration of these principles they cease to be just proofs, they likewise cease to be criminal. But according to the doctrine of liberty or chance they never were just proofs, and consequently never were criminal.
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2 of 3 papers cite this paragraph directly; the rest reach it through a page or section range. Snippets are the words around each citation.
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| Ainslie 1999 | (T 349, 411,477) T 2.2.3.4 to T 3.2.1.3 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …assages where Hume says that it is impossible to assess actions independently in this way (T 349, 411,477) Hearn takes the pl… |
| (T 411) T 2.3.2 (2 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … d someone r espons i b l e for an act ion we mus t r ecogn i ze it as be i ng "inf ixed" (T 411) upon h im in such a… | |
| Ainslie 2003 | SBN 411-12 T 2.3.2 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …rence to how we understand her, for it would be wholly disconnected from her (T 2.3.2.67, SBN 411-12). (What gets tricky… |
| Spector 1998 | 2.3.2 T 2.3.2 (8 paragraphs) Citation pattern | ….............69 2.3.1 Personality, Consciousness, and Moral Agency...................69 2.3.2 Recognizing One's O… |
| 2.3.2 T 2.3.2 (8 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …cke's Theory of Personal Identity: A Re-Examination" op. cit., p. 44. 68Ibid, p. 47. ## 2.3.2 Recognizing One's O… |