voluntarist
- noun
- /ˈvɑːlənˌtɛrɪst/
- Formal
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voluntarista
- As a voluntarist, she argues that free will is essential in determining the course of human affairs.
- voluntarist account
- voluntarist argument
So a lot, a lot of people like in the anarchist voluntarist, the a lot of a lot of freedom fighter mentality people.
- So a lot, a lot of people like in the anarchist voluntarist, the a lot of a lot of freedom fighter mentality people.
Examples
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John A. Armstrong, in a recent piece on "Contemporary Ethnicity," worries that extreme voluntarist individualism leads to the loss of a coherent identity.
Academic text (1991) -
Some thinkers, generally known as "voluntarists," argued that God's will expressed in His commands is as far as we can or need go.
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The voluntarist account gives a better explanation of the value of religious toleration.
Academic text (1999) -
The voluntarist account requires government neutrality among religions in order to respect the freedom of people to choose their religious beliefs for themselves.
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I'm a voluntarist; I'm in favor of voluntary collective action and view forced collective action as tyranny.
Blog text (10) -
Thus, the voluntarist argument protects homosexual practices not because homosexual relationships realize certain human good, but because they express the choices of autonomous selves.
Academic text (1999) -
However, what is crucial to the voluntarist account is that the belief is freely endorsed by the believer against a background that allows for belief formation without manipulation and systematic distortion of arguments and evidence.
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According to the voluntarist argument, the law should be neutral among substantive moral and religious views in order "to respect persons as free and independent selves, capable of choosing their ends for themselves" (Sandel, 1996a: 108).
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A voluntarist believes that people's choices shape their moral values and actions.
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The voluntarist perspective emphasizes that individual will is crucial in the context of ethical decision-making.
Synonyms
A person who believes people can choose their actions and acts by their own choice
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A person who believes everything, even our choices, is caused by earlier events
Surface Forms
Morphology
voluntarist = voluntarism (semi-transparent) = voluntar + ist
Derived from the noun 'voluntarism' with the agentive suffix '-ist'; formation is regular but relies on a specialized base term.
Etymology
Voluntarist as a noun names a person and also comes from the Latin voluntas, 'will' or 'choice', sharing the root with volunteer. So a voluntarist is someone who believes that 'will' is the main power behind actions, moral rules, or reality.