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What is the mark of an involuntary action? |
Acts taken by force or ignorance. Nothing contributed by the person who acts |
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Distinction between not voluntary and involuntary |
Not voluntary- Actions you meant to do but due to ignorance, caused unintended consequences. No regret Involuntary- Things you were forced to do, didn't contribute to the action. Regret |
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Difference between acting in ignorance and acting because of ignorance |
In ignorance- No lack of knowledge, drunk Because of ignorance- Lack of knowledge |
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3 ways we can act because if ignorance |
1. Ignorant of what they are doing 2. Ignorant of the circumstances 3. Ignorant of the consequences |
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Distinction between chosen and voluntary? |
Voluntary is a bigger spectrum, chosen things are done after deliberation |
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Concerning what do we deliberate? |
Things in our power |
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What is choice? |
Deliberate desire of things in our own power |
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Can the objects of our actions force us to action in a way that makes the action involuntary? |
No, not in a way that would make it involuntary |
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Are all actions taken by reason of ignorance not voluntary rather than involuntary? |
No, involuntary there is remorse but nonvoluntary there is no remorse |
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Voluntary action? |
That of which the moving principal is the agent himself and being aware of the circumstances and consequences of what they are doing |
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What differentiates choosing from wishing? |
Choice cannot relate to impossibles |
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With what is the exercise of virtue concerned? |
It is concerned with means |
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How is character formed? |
Habitually |
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Why does the same end appear differently to the virtuous and vicious man? |
They appear in a form answering to his character |