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Conflicted Rational Animals

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To be tempted is to be conflicted, but the conflict is not one of oscillation between two good options. Rather, it is normally easy to act on temptation and difficult to act against it. But this is puzzling, because unless temptation is a force that acts on us, it’s not...

Keyword:

inclination, temptation, philosophy of action , motivation, moral psychology, and desire

Subject:

Philosophy and Ethics

Creator:

Bruxvoort, Abigail

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/02/2022

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_854362 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15809