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Aquinas on Stages of Human Action: Part 2 | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

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Stages of Human Action and Decision-Making

Exploring Aquinas' stages of human action, the chapter delves into assessing the desirability of an end, feasibility judgments, and the process of making decisions and commitments, all in the pursuit of happiness. It differentiates wishes, volitions, judgments of possibility, and intentions while discussing the complexity of pursuing various ends and the deliberation involved in selecting means to achieve them.

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