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Whether then we suppose that the End impresses each man's mind

with certain notions not merely by nature, but that there is

somewhat also dependent on himself; or that the End is given by

nature, and yet Virtue is voluntary because the good man does all

the rest voluntarily, Vice must be equally so; because his own

agency equally attaches to the bad man in the actions, even if

not in the selection of the End.

If then, as is commonly said, the Virtues are voluntary (because

we at least cooperate[15] in producing our moral states, and we

assume the End to be of a certain kind according as we are

ourselves of certain characters), the Vices must be voluntary

also, because the cases are exactly similar.

Chapter VIII.