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Full Idea
If a flood of desires causes a weak-willed man to give in to temptation, …the question now becomes, is he responsible for the beliefs and desires he happens to have?
Gist of Idea
Desires may rule us, but are we responsible for our desires?
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Human Freedom and the Self [1964], p.25)
Book Ref
'Free Will', ed/tr. Watson,Gary [OUP 1982], p.25
| 9268 | If free will miraculously interrupts causation, animals might do that; why would we want to do it? [Frankfurt on Chisholm] |
| 3442 | Responsibility seems to conflict with events being either caused or not caused [Chisholm] |
| 3443 | Desires may rule us, but are we responsible for our desires? [Chisholm] |
| 3444 | If actions are not caused by other events, and are not causeless, they must be caused by the person [Chisholm] |
| 3445 | Causation among objects relates either events or states [Chisholm] |
| 3446 | For Hobbes (but not for Kant) a person's actions can be deduced from their desires and beliefs [Chisholm] |