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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

4317	We judge weakness of will by an assessment after the event is concluded [Williams,B, by Cottingham]
	Full Idea: Williams has shown that whether an action was weakness of will depends on an evaluation after the event, as in the question of whether Gauguin was right to abandon his family to pursue his art.
	From: report of Bernard Williams (Shame and Necessity [1993]) by John Cottingham - Reason, Emotions and Good Life p.1
	A reaction: The 'Gauguin Problem' is that Gauguin's actions only become weakness of will if the pictures are no good, and he can't know that till he's painted them. Good point.

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions

2174	Responsibility involves cause, intention, state of mind, and response after the event [Williams,B]
	Full Idea: The four elements of any conception of responsibility are cause, intention, state of mind, and response after the event.
	From: Bernard Williams (Shame and Necessity [1993], III - p.53)