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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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