HUMAN FREEDOM 



pattern. This is all that we mean by hu- 

 man freedom in common usage if the mys- 

 tical concept of uncaused action is ex- 

 cluded, and it includes what we commonly 

 call moral freedom in so far as this is 

 definable in scientific terms. These 

 choices are certainly free in the naturalis- 

 tic sense in which we have used the word. 

 The natural freedom of man conforms 

 to the definition with which we started; it 

 means that the human being with a specific 

 organization which has grown to be w^hat 

 it is by natural process is able to exhibit the 

 behavior characteristic of or typical for 

 that organization when living in an appro- 

 priate environment. What sets off human 

 freedom from other kinds of natural free- 

 dom is the immeasurable difference be- 

 tween the inner nature of man and that of 

 all other natural objects. 



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