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Single Idea 22514
[filed under theme 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason
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Full Idea
That part of the soul is deliberative which is capable of discerning a cause: the reason for the sake of which - which is one of the causes - 'cause' being something because-of-which.
Gist of Idea
The deliberative part of the soul discerns explanatory causes
Source
Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1226b26)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics I,II and VIII', ed/tr. Woods,Michael [OUP 1992], p.31
A Reaction
I take because-of-which to be the correct explanation. Since my model of practical reasoning is partly forensic detection, this seems right. Sherlock Holmes spots causes.
The
31 ideas
with the same theme
[reasoning processes that lead to action]:
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5839
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For Socrates, wisdom and prudence were the same thing
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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4371
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Seeing particulars as parts of larger wholes is to perceive their value
[Achtenberg on Aristotle]
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69
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We deliberate about means, not ends
[Aristotle]
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73
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Practical intellect serves to arrive at the truth which corresponds to right appetite
[Aristotle]
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20212
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Practical reason is truth-attaining, and focused on actions good for human beings
[Aristotle]
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5247
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Prudence is mainly concerned with particulars, which is the sphere of human conduct
[Aristotle]
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80
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Virtue ensures that we have correct aims, and prudence that we have correct means of achieving them
[Aristotle]
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5249
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One cannot be prudent without being good
[Aristotle]
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82
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The one virtue of prudence carries with it the possession of all the other virtues
[Aristotle]
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22508
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Unlike in inanimate things, in animate things actions have more than one starting point
[Aristotle]
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22514
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The deliberative part of the soul discerns explanatory causes
[Aristotle]
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1836
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Prudence is more valuable than philosophy, because it avoids confusions of the soul
[Epicurus]
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2363
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Reason is usually general, but deliberation is of particulars
[Hobbes]
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19343
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We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost
[Leibniz]
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6692
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For Hume, practical reason has little force, because we can always modify our desires
[Hume, by Graham]
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23678
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A motive is merely an idea, like advice, and not a force for action
[Reid]
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6190
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The sole objects of practical reason are the good and the evil
[Kant]
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21059
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General rules of action also need a judgement about when to apply them
[Kant]
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4173
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If we were essentially intellect rather than will, our moral worth would depend on imagined motives
[Schopenhauer]
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23437
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Practical reason is goodness in choosing actions
[Foot]
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23694
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All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will
[Foot]
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22480
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Possessing the virtue of justice disposes a person to good practical rationality
[Foot]
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6384
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The notion of cause is essential to acting for reasons, intentions, agency, akrasia, and free will
[Davidson]
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3840
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We don't accept practical reasoning if the conclusion is unpalatable
[Searle]
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4316
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Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means
[Cottingham]
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12627
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Before you can plan action, you must decide on the truth of your estimate of success
[Fodor]
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3546
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'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence
[Annas]
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23733
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Motivating reasons are psychological, while normative reasons are external
[Smith,M]
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23740
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Humeans take maximising desire satisfaction as the normative reasons for actions
[Smith,M]
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23745
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We cannot expect even fully rational people to converge on having the same desires for action
[Smith,M]
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24000
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Justifying reasons say you were right; excusing reasons say your act was explicable
[Goldie]
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