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'fragments/reports', 'Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo' and 'The Consolations of Philosophy'
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
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The will must aim at happiness, but can choose the means [Aquinas]
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We don't have to will even perfect good, because we can choose not to think of it [Aquinas]
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The will can only want what it thinks is good [Aquinas]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
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Passions are judgements; greed thinks money is honorable, and likewise drinking and lust [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
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The wicked want goodness, so they would not be wicked if they obtained it [Boethius]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / c. Omissions
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The highest degree of morality performs all that is appropriate, omitting nothing [Chrysippus]
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