Corliss Lamont Quotes

Corliss Lamont — American Philosopher born on March 28, 1902, died on April 26, 1995

Corliss Lamont was an American socialist philosopher, and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. As a part of his political activities he was the Chairman of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship starting from the early 1940s... (wikipedia)

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.