Social entities can intentionally act.

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1.Intentionally acting requires having intentions.
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Layman (159–60)

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One may object that a social entity can’t be a god, as such a thing is merely an abstraction. Layman answers that social entities are concrete, not abstract, and can intentionally act (159–60). Intentionally acting requires having intentions, but social entities may have these, even though they are not selves or even subjects of consciousness. Social entities may have intentions because their parts (i.e. various selves) have them. As a fallback, Layman suggests the view that social entities may act even though they’re incapable of intentional action (159). Like Craig, Layman argues that the Tr...

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Validity: The passage explicitly states that social entities "can intentionally act" and supports this by noting that "intentionally acting requires having intentions" and that "social entities may have intentions because their parts (i.e. various selves) have them," matching the extracted premises and conclusion.

Confidence: Explicit sub-argument supporting the claim that social entities can intentionally act.

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