...perform them, not if God is not acting in me. According to him, what is incompatible with human free will is 'necessity of coercion' or the effect of violence,...and 'applies force to the point where one cannot act otherwise'.47 As Herbert McCabe explains, Aquinas's position is that 'to be free means not to be under...

...as to make me perform them, not if God is not acting in me. According to him, what is incompatible with freedom is "necessity of coercion" or the effect...he explains, it is not against will that one should be drawn to what one's nature needs for its fulfilment. This kind of necessity is, he thinks, essential...

...as to make me perform them, not if God is not acting in me. According to him, what is incompatible with freedom is "necessity of coercion" or the effect...and "applies force to the point where one cannot act otherwise.""1 But, he explains, it is not against will that one should be drawn to what one's nature...