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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

    Because the desire is caused rather than constituted by the agent's deliberative endorsement, the resulting behavior traces back to a passively received state, undermining its status as a voluntary response.

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    Caused(as used in the philosophy of action)
    Made to happen by something else; produced as a result of some prior event or force rather than created by the person themselves.
    Constituted(as describing how intersubjectivity is formed)
    In philosophy, this means 'made up of' or 'formed through'—describing how something comes into existence or takes shape through a process.
    Deliberative endorsement(as used in philosophy of action and free will)
    Consciously thinking something through and then actively approving of it or committing to it as your own choice.
    Passively received(describing how empiricists think we experience perception)
    When you take in information without any active effort or involvement on your part—like information just flows into you without you doing anything.

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    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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