TY - BOOK AU - Franklin,Benjamin AU - Wroth,Lawrence C. TI - A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain T2 - The Facsimile Text Society. Series I: Literature and Language SN - 9780231900768 PY - 1930///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE --; A DISSERTATION ON Liberty and Necefity, PLEASURE and PAIN; restricted access N2 - A reproduction of the philosophical pamphlet by Benjamin Franklin, written in response to The Religion of Nature Delineated. It argues that an omnipotent, benevolent God is incompatible with the human notions of free will and morality. He goes on to say that humans and animals are equal in God's eyes, an agreement that years later he refuted publicly. UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/fran90076 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231876933.jpg ER -