Thursday, March 16, 2017

why causes are so complicated


social events are all exteriority. a person does X, but the causes are hidden. where? it's complicated.
don't just jump to conclusions.

again: suppose A does X,
A may do it,

1. automatically (first order desire, contidioned behavior, i.e., shopping habits, marching in the square under totalitarianism, eating disorder, phobias, etc).
2. influenced (positive stimulus: immediate level of family, school, peers, church, gang, cabal, etc)
3. coerced (same as above, the stimulus is negative now)
4. free (reluctantly)
5. free (willingly)

though 1-5 are socially equivalent, there are different causal colors
1. is compulsive, whether brain, DNA, or conditioning (mitigating factors of responsibility)   
3. & 4. are conflictual (mitigating factors of responsibility)
2. is willing but it hides foreign influences (mitigating factors for responsibility) or self-deceptive influences ("bad faith" in sartre's jargon)
only 5. seems transparently willing,

be tough, easy is deceptive.

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