... Here is a first draft which is not done jet. Although I strugle with some basic things, some of them are mentioned in the file. Could you please check if...
Judging by the erudition of some of the participants in this forum, I am out of my depth, and any thing I post here will probably come across as little more...
Seems to me that the only economic philosophy that is genuinely social and genuinely works for the common good is liberalism (i.e. free markets), or what today...
Judging by the erudition of some of the participants in this forum, I am out of my depth, and any thing I post here will probably come across as little more...
I'm posting this again with a formatting that is more suitable to plain text, because the formatting in the previous post was reduced to an unreadable blob....
It is amazing that liberalism or neo-liberalism is such an elastic term insofar as they can be applied to anything from socialism to capitalism that it seems...
Tracy Smith
tlsmith3777@...
Aug 7, 2007 11:20 am
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I've written an article about this subject that was published in the New Scholasticism in the early 90s. Anyhow, for Aquinas, there are different degrees in...
Pibarad@...
Aug 7, 2007 12:27 pm
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Many of these distinctions aren’t really meaningful, imho. I think it is significant how many people call into the Michael Medved radio program who are full...
Dear John, thank you for the illustrations and particularly the maxim below. I agree in full. I have a question, given the nature of the "communitarianism"...
Tracy Smith
tlsmith3777@...
Aug 7, 2007 1:52 pm
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Tracy, you asked my opinion about the relative claims of the common good and individual rights. I personally feel that the common good obviously trumps ...
Judy, what accounts for the fact that the will is sometimes engaged, and sometimes not? Does the will spontaneously "engage" at one time and not in another? Is...
Hi John, I remotely recall the behavior modification illustration I was given in a speech course in under graduate studies. Nuclear war and five people or so...
Tracy Smith
tlsmith3777@...
Aug 7, 2007 9:34 pm
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Tracy, I think we are in violent agreement. ;-) We approach the problem from different angles, but you hint at the truth that upholding individual rights and...
In a message dated 08/07/2007 5:03:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pluviosilla@... writes: what accounts for the fact that the will is sometimes engaged,...
Pibarad@...
Aug 8, 2007 11:59 am
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Are you familiar with David Schindler's article, "Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: augustine on the Will and its objects"? _____ From: aquinas@yahoogroups.com...
Hi, I would like to read Aquinas on this so if there is reference I appreciate it; but I think there is a qualitative determinant in a properly willed action,...
I’m posting D. C. Schindler’s article on this subject in its entirety. This was a gripping article for me. IMHO, Schindler identifies the “center of ...
Actually, your statement is mistaken because "free will" would require a (circular) infinite regress and is, therefore, impossible. Jack Angstreich In a...
Interesting that you make maturity the decisive factor. I believe that was Aristotle's position. He believed that akrasia is explained by insufficient training...
In a message dated 08/12/2007 9:46:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pluviosilla@... writes: Interesting that you make maturity the decisive factor. I believe...
Pibarad@...
Aug 12, 2007 7:33 pm
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A child (whether one is speaking chronologically or not) doesn't deliberate before making a choice, and deliberation is a necessary condition for choice. Hi, ...
Judy, I thought I would get around to answering this sooner, but I need to review some articles in the ST before I can make an intelligent response. I really...
I finally get a moment to read some of my email and have come across this "akrasia" conundrum. I guess I had hoped that such discussions had long ago been...
Judy, could you please clarify something for me? You indicate that the second phase, as it were, of an act of the will is "simple willing", but I do not...
There are a million possible tangents to this conversation, but I will do my best to be concise. :-) To rehash a bit: I raised the problem of AKRASIA: how can...
The act of simple willing, which occurs after an object is brought to the attention of the intellect, is natural volition. It occurs when there is an ...
Pibarad@...
Aug 27, 2007 11:18 am
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Could you please map the phrase "simple willing" to the corresponding Thomistic terminology for me? Sounds like you are talking about "intention," which...
I'm not suggesting that we should remove akrasia from the appetitive power and place it in the intellective. Action, according to Aquinas, only follows an act...
Pibarad@...
Aug 27, 2007 11:37 am
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... Yes, but cognition need not be direct (simple apprehension). We often act on the advice of an authority, because we trust the authority to guide us to ...
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