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real threat if man did not accept this knowledge of science
as unquestionable truth, regardless of his personal feelings.
The determinist might credit this to his prior conditioning,
but Nietzsche would explain it as a "weak will" seeking to
avoid responsibility. May, the moderate, states that modern
man suffers "the undermining of his experience of himself as
responsible, the sapping of his willing and decision" (5,
p. 41). However, he champions the existentialists* central
proclamation as being this:
No matter how great the forces victimizing the human
being, man has the capacity to know that he is being
victimized, and thus to influence in some way how he
will relate to his fate. There is never lost that
kernel of the power to take some stand, to make some
decision, no matter how minute. This is why they hold
that man's existence consists, in the last analysis,
of his freedom.* Heidegger even goes on . . .to
ctefine truth as freedom. Tillich phrased it . . . "Man
becomes truly human only at the moment of decision"
(5, pp. 41-42).
Thus, decision and will are back into the center of the
picture but not in the sense of the old arguments. May
states his belief that "the process of decisiveness ... is
present in every act of consciousness" (5, p. 45). He warns
against psychotherapy which encourages the patient to search
for responsibility for his problems in everything outside
himself rather than assuming responsibility for his own
choices. This includes all decisions regardless of magni-
tude:
*The emphasis here is the author's 0
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Patrick, Jerry Heard, 1933-. Use of the Reve Eveille Dirige (Guided Daydream) for Selection of Vocation and College Major, dissertation, January 1965; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164200/m1/52/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .