Full Idea
It is our reasoned acts that are held to be in the fullest sense voluntary and our own doing.
Gist of Idea
Our reasoned acts are held to be voluntary and our own doing
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1169a01)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.302
A Reaction
This seems to me crucial in morality. Morality concerns important decisions made by the core of a person. If we ask how 'core decisions' are known, their hallmark will be reasons, because reasons are the peak of human awareness.