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The Josias Podcast, Episode I: Basic Concepts – The Common Good

The Josias Podcast

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The Importance of Apprehension in Morality

I think the key response to your way of thinking about desire and the good is to point out that desire is always based on apprehension. I mean, more or less people can be wrong in how they see things. But ultimately, what it falls back on is a question about how things really are. So it's the priority of knowing over the will then is what you're pointing to. And a sign of this is that people will usually be honest enough to admit themselves a posteriori that they were wrong about something for them.

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