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    A temporarily suppressed or occluded rational judgment is... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Akrasia (acting against one's better judgment) is possible because some parts of the soul are indifferent to the good and can motivate actions that do not aim at what is good.

    A temporarily suppressed or occluded rational judgment is not equivalent to motivation by a faculty indifferent to the good.

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    • 1.Temporary occlusion of judgment preserves the rational faculty's inherent orientation toward the good, merely blocking its operation.
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    • 2.An amorally indifferent faculty would lack any structural connection to evaluative reasoning, unlike suppressed rational judgment.
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    • 3.Post-hoc rational reconstruction of suppressed judgments shows the good was still recognized, suggesting retained rational orientation.
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    • 1.If rational judgment is effectively inoperative during action, the distinction between suppression and indifference becomes functionally meaningless.
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    • 2.A faculty genuinely oriented toward the good should resist suppression; successful suppression suggests the faculty lacked that orientation.
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    • 3.Motivation patterns during occlusion reveal what the agent's motivational structure actually is, regardless of latent rational capacity.
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