FATALISM OR FREEDOM 



sequences of present action Is a causative 

 factor in shaping this action, and that 

 these powers are part of the apparatus of 

 human control, then It follows that "such 

 control is the only possible freedom and 

 is removed by an Infinity of human satis- 

 factions from the fatalism Into which man 

 would be plunged by a genuine Indeter- 

 minism." Again Dr. Hankins says, "Strict 

 determinism alone makes possible a 

 genuine freedom, because It alone makes 

 possible self-expression and self-realiza- 

 tion." 



Our biological analysis of human nature 

 has led us to the same conclusion. There 

 is no escape, except by reaching out be- 

 yond experience Into mysticism. And such 

 an appeal to transcendentalism adds noth- 

 ing of practical value to what we already 

 have within our grasp. Common and sci- 

 entific experience provide a natural frame 

 within which feeling, thinking, willing, 

 purpose, self-culture, moral sanctions, 

 choice, freedom, faith, hope and charity 

 find their places, all in orderly patterns 

 of determined and determining cause-and- 

 effect processes. 



Woodbridge has remarked, "Human 

 life is a moral event." It is equally true 

 that human life — all of it — is a natural 



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