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“[R]eason is... given to us as a practical faculty, that is, as one that influences the will.”

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German philosopher, an important representative of the Enlightenment movement, and the founder of the Kantian philosophical system. His thoughts have had a profound impact on the fields of philosophy, ethics, political science, and others. more

“The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of the world, but the paradoxical character of moral luck which emerges from this acknowledgement shows that we are unable to operate with such a view, for it leaves us with no one to be.”

World Done Character Shows Action Views Moral Psychology Ethics Consequence Luck Conception Inclusion Paradoxical Acknowledgement

Book:Mortal Questions

Source: Mortal Questions

“Once we see an aspect of what we or someone else does as something that happens, we lose our grip on the idea that it has been done and that we can judge the doer and not just the happening.”

Doe Has Beens Ideas Done Happens Action Loses Moral Psychology Judging Happenings Ethics Aspect Doers

Book:Mortal Questions : Canto

Source: Mortal Questions : Canto

“Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.”

Persons Real Space Walks Objects Relate Sculpture Sculpting

Author:Chuck Close

“The external view [of agency] forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual erosion of what we do by the subtraction of what happens.”

Way Happens Action Force Views Moral Psychology Ethics One Way Agency Erosion Subtraction

Book:Mortal Questions : Canto

Source: Mortal Questions : Canto

“What is left over if I subtract the fact that my arms goes up from the fact that I raise my arm?”

Ifs Facts Action Left Moral Psychology Arms Ethics Raises

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

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