On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:25 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 09:01:09PM -0800, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:49 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion > > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > Okay, it's reasonable to take advantage of precedent that way. Does the > > > precedent actually talk about "free will" in those words? > > > > > > If it weren't obvious that the word "willingly" is trying to do > > > something special in this context, I might interpret it with some > > > mundane sense that isn't really about "free will" (e.g. willingly could > > > just not offering objections or resistence; doing something without > > > needing to be forced). But I guess that sort of meaning wouldn't really > > > make sense in that context anyway. > > > > > > Anyway, I remain okay with the "willingly" wording. > > > > CFJ 1895. Over a decade old, and I'm sure I could find something more > > recent, but it's very comprehensive. > > > > -Aris > > Thanks, that's interesting. I find it amusing the way this new text > solves our definition problem by carefully deferring to Agora's wealth > of precedent.
I'm seriously considering switching to "voluntarily" or seeing if there's another word I could use to make the meaning clearer. -Aris
