Public review preview. Candidate definitions have not yet been read by the two reviewers. Each entry shows its review status.
history

Judged: two independent readers; copy check clear.

free will

free will In this historical Augustinian view, free will is the soul’s power to choose and the basis that makes moral life possible.

In this historical Augustinian view, free will is the soul’s power to choose and the basis that makes moral life possible. It can also mean freedom for the good, but in that sense human freedom in ordinary life is held to depend on divine grace and to have been damaged by sin.