This voluntarist line of argument is also espoused later by John Locke, who argues that we have a duty to follow the law only when we have consented to its rule.
Many of the contemporary voluntarist and non-voluntarist arguments have been criticised in recent debates, giving rise to the view that, while there are both ordinary reasons to follow the law and strong moral obligations to follow particular laws, there is no general moral obligation to follow the law.
The argument certainly requires its voluntarist (and theistic) premise, but it relies as much on the compatible (and, supposedly, confirmatory) deliverances of general human experience.
One reason the constructive empiricist would be well-advised not to embrace the Argument from Underdetermination, then, is that it goes against a voluntarist position in epistemology.
But where does that leave David Cameron's voluntarist "Big Society"?
Lastly, it is increasingly important for the WEA to preserve and advocate the voluntarist ethic.
That measure, if it holds up in court, would flatly contradict Mr Bush's voluntarist approach.
After the argument - argument?
For these voluntarist, existentialist, and experiential conceptions of faith the place of reason in religion, although important, is secondary.
Even the ultra-Orthodox Jews, who try to turn their back on secular Israeli society, have founded yeshivas that are recognizable, voluntarist institutions.
