tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post5641473169959498412..comments2024-03-25T08:56:25.810-04:00Comments on TKIN: Philosopher Encounters Modern Life: When Is A Choice "Yours"?Patricia Marinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16087880431696831634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post-41455212384987612782009-09-03T15:37:22.758-04:002009-09-03T15:37:22.758-04:00Hi Thea,
Yeah - at least, if we had an answer to t...Hi Thea,<br />Yeah - at least, if we had an answer to that question we'd be well on our way. Never mind "decisively"-- anything would be helpful!<br /><br />To me it seems your solution might solve the problem of autonomous action ... but not autonomy of choice or preference. I mean, the guy with the gun who gives you a choice is just affecting the formation or economy of your first-order desires, and yet your "choice" to give him your money must be non-autonomous.Patricia Marinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087880431696831634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post-13506079975728554362009-09-02T11:54:47.192-04:002009-09-02T11:54:47.192-04:00I take the basic puzzle you're exposing here t...I take the basic puzzle you're exposing here to be: how to distinguish decisively between external influences that prevent autonomy and those that don't.<br /><br />Here's a suggestion:<br /><br />External influences that prevent autonomy are ones that constrain our ability to translate our will (our willed first-order desire) into action. External influences that do not prevent autonomy are simply influences on the formation or economy of our first order desires.<br /><br />Weakness of the will can't be construed as an influence of the first type because it doesn't affect the will to action transition, it just affects the preference to will translation (arguably).<br /><br />Maybe??<br /><br />I feel like this is a bit of a cheat, though.Theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150511872422438454noreply@blogger.com