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Locke
In Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 490–495 (2010)
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philosophy of action of John Locke ‐ rich and underexplored territory Locke, a volitionist ‐ the will is a mental faculty distinct from the understanding Locke, thinking about volition ‐ man who falls when a bridge breaks under him Locke's term for unfree is “necessary” – events, under Necessity governed by deterministic causal laws Locke's examples of man in a locked room ‐ complacent paralytic raising question of what it is voluntarily not to do something Locke employing causal language ‐ in describing relation between successful volitions and their objects Locke's view, one is not willing on any of the actions ‐ toward which those desires prompt us
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