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    It is not the case that Our wills are necessarily aimed at what is rational and reasonable.

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    • 1.Akrasia (weakness of will) is a well-attested phenomenon whereby agents deliberately choose against their own rational judgment.
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    • 2.Aristotle's account in Nicomachean Ethics VII shows that willing and reasoning can systematically diverge in actual human psychology.
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    • 3.A necessary aim at rationality would render akratic action conceptually impossible rather than merely difficult to explain.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Hume demonstrated that the will is fundamentally driven by passion and desire, with reason serving only as their instrument.
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    • 2.If reason is merely a slave to the passions, the will cannot be identified with practical reason itself.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.To will something is to govern oneself in accordance with reason.
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    • 2.The will is identified with practical reason.
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