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20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 2. Duration of an Action
20030 If one event causes another, the two events must be wholly distinct [Hume, by Wilson/Schpall]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / c. Agent causation
5488 Regularity theories of causation cannot give an account of human agency [Ellis]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 1. Acting on Desires
5489 Humans have variable dispositions, and also power to change their dispositions [Ellis]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason
6692 For Hume, practical reason has little force, because we can always modify our desires [Hume, by Graham]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
8257 Reason alone can never be a motive to any action of the will [Hume]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions
22374 You can only hold people responsible for actions which arise out of their character [Hume]