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'Nature and Observability of Causal Relations', 'Twilight of the Idols' and 'Treatise of Human Nature'
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20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 2. Duration of an Action
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If one event causes another, the two events must be wholly distinct [Hume, by Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
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The big error is to think the will is a faculty producing effects; in fact, it is just a word [Nietzsche]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason
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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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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
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The 'motive' is superficial, and may even hide the antecedents of a deed [Nietzsche]
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Reason alone can never be a motive to any action of the will [Hume]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions
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You can only hold people responsible for actions which arise out of their character [Hume]
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