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Single Idea 24326

[catalogued under 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions]

Full Idea

Deliberate choice is apparently something voluntary, although not the same as the voluntary (which extends more broadly); for children and other animals share in the voluntary but not in deliberate choice.

Gist of Idea

Deliberate choice is voluntary, but the voluntary also covers children and animals

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1111b07)

A Reaction

Since children and animals are barely responsible for what they do, this implies that responsibility correlates with deliberate choice, rather than with merely acting voluntarily.

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Nicomachean Ethics', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2024], p.38