Reppert's post:Harry Potter, Love Potions, and Free willThe value of free will does not end there. All sorts of relationships acquire special value because they involve love, trust, and affection are freely bestowed. The love potions that appear in many fairy stories (and the Harry Potter series) can become a trap; the one who has used the potion finds that he wants to be loved for his own ...
Victor Reppert quotes the following statement from Bill Hasker:“The value of free will does not end there. All sorts of relationships acquire special value because they involve love, trust, and affection are freely bestowed. The love potions that appear in many fairy stories (and the Harry Potter series) can become a trap; the one who has used the potion finds that he wants to be loved for his ...
VICTOR REPPERT SAID:“Is there something wrong with the definition here?”I didn’t bother to take issue with Hasker’s definition. I could quibble with his definition, but it wasn’t necessary to do so. The key element in his definition is the impossibility of nonoccurrence. But that’s ambiguous. I played along with his definition, but I constructed a counterexample.“Any way you slice it the king guaranteed the outcome.”Guaranteed which outcome? By ...
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