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Ideas for Michael Burke, Jürgen Habermas and Friedrich Nietzsche

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20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory
24108 Actions are just a release of force. They seize on something, which becomes the purpose [Nietzsche]
22501 Nietzsche classified actions by the nature of the agent, not the nature of the act [Nietzsche, by Foot]
4411 It is a delusion to separate the man from the deed, like the flash from the lightning [Nietzsche]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
18299 The will is constantly frustrated by the past [Nietzsche]
24105 Drives make us feel non-feelings; Will is the effect of those feelings [Nietzsche]
18313 The big error is to think the will is a faculty producing effects; in fact, it is just a word [Nietzsche]
4554 The concept of the 'will' is just a false simplification by our understanding [Nietzsche]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / b. Volitionism
4552 There is no such things a pure 'willing' on its own; the aim must always be part of it [Nietzsche]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
24117 We need lower and higher drives, but they must be under firm control [Nietzsche]
7209 There is no will; weakness of will is splitting of impulses, strong will is coordination under one impulse [Nietzsche]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 2. Acting on Beliefs / a. Acting on beliefs
24113 Our motives don't explain our actions [Nietzsche]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
14820 People always do what they think is right, according to the degree of their intellect [Nietzsche]
14856 Our judgment seems to cause our nature, but actually judgment arises from our nature [Nietzsche]
20133 The 'motive' is superficial, and may even hide the antecedents of a deed [Nietzsche]
15677 Moral right is linked to validity and truth, so morality is a matter of knowledge, not an expression of values [Habermas, by Finlayson]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions
20251 Actions done for a purpose are least understood, because we complacently think it's obvious [Nietzsche]
24127 Judging actions by intentions - like judging painters by their thoughts! [Nietzsche]
22500 Nietzsche failed to see that moral actions can be voluntary without free will [Foot on Nietzsche]