Full Idea
Are freedom and natural necessity contradictory in an action? We have shown that freedom can relate to conditions of a kind entirely different from those in natural necessity, so each is independent of the other.
Gist of Idea
Freedom and natural necessity do not contradict, as they relate to different conditions
Source
Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B585/A557)
Book Reference
Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.545
A Reaction
I'm not sure I understand this, but I suspect that it means that a serious case of kleptomania while never provide even the hint of an excuse for a minor theft. We're all free, and that's that. I am dubious.