Were any court to issue a verdict providing for punishment...

Were any court to issue a verdict providing for punishment under such circumstances, it would certainly be unjust. If we deny the principle of freedom and assign no positive role at all to man's will, no difference will remain between man and the rest of creation. According to the determinists, the acts of behavior of man resemble those of other creatures in that they are caused by a series of factors beyond their control; our will…