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In an voluntary action the drive works through the medium of intention , of thinking , decision and motivation on the part of the individual ; in an instinctive action the performance is set going by the drive " ( Goldstein , p .
In an voluntary action the drive works through the medium of intention , of thinking , decision and motivation on the part of the individual ; in an instinctive action the performance is set going by the drive " ( Goldstein , p .
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agent could not , even if he had chosen , have done any other action instead , which would have caused more pleasure than the one he did " ( p . 19 ) . Whether an action is right or wrong , therefore , has nothing to do with " motives ...
agent could not , even if he had chosen , have done any other action instead , which would have caused more pleasure than the one he did " ( p . 19 ) . Whether an action is right or wrong , therefore , has nothing to do with " motives ...
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G. E. Moore provides an excellent analysis of when an action which is generally accepted as having been right because of its consequences , may legitimately be used as a precedent for other actions . " Let us suppose that an action X ...
G. E. Moore provides an excellent analysis of when an action which is generally accepted as having been right because of its consequences , may legitimately be used as a precedent for other actions . " Let us suppose that an action X ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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