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    Supports→A rational agent's voluntary response to a reason cannot consist in behavior motivated by a desire caused by recognizing that reason

    A desire caused by recognizing a reason is a psychological event that happens to the agent, bypassing the reflective self-governance that distinguishes voluntary rational response from mere causal reaction.

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    Key Terms

    Causal reaction(as used in philosophy of action)
    An automatic, mechanical response to something—like how dominoes fall when pushed—without any conscious thought or choice involved.
    Psychological event(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Something that happens in your mind, like a thought, feeling, or urge.
    Rational response(as what the statement distinguishes from passion)
    A reaction or decision based on careful thinking and judgment, rather than automatic emotion.
    Reason(Malebranche's identification of the epistemic faculty with a divine person)
    The second person of the Trinity, identified with the Neoplatonic logos, to which the human mind turns in every act of seeking knowledge
    Reflective self-governance

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    (as used in ethics and philosophy of action)
    The ability to think carefully about what you're doing and consciously control your own behavior based on that thinking.
    Voluntary(describing the requirement that transfers be freely chosen)
    Done by choice, without being forced or coerced; something you genuinely want to do.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
    desire(Plato's account of desire in the Meno and Symposium)
    A motivational state analogous to hunger — a felt lack or want directed toward its object

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