POL200Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Human Behavior, Asteroid Family, Radiation And Nuclear Safety Authority
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Vital motion is like breathing; they remain in motion until we die. Two kinds of motion: vital and voluntary motions; do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out it. Voluntary are motions which are first imagined in our minds. First in your mind, then you do it. He says humans are mere matter in motion. We are set in motion by our appetites and aversions, our appetites and desires. We (cid:373)o(cid:448)e to a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s th(cid:396)ough se(cid:374)se i(cid:373)p(cid:396)essio(cid:374)s. this leads to ho(cid:271)(cid:271)es" theo(cid:396)y of motion. This voluntary motion is made up of sensation, imagination, memories, reason, deliberation. The striving towards what is desirable and the avoidance of what is undesirable; psychological motion. Humans move according to these appetites and aversions. Only our passions and desires put us in motion. Humans respond positively to things that are desirable and negatively to those that are undesirable. The striving towards the desirable and the avoidance of the undesirable. It is these basic emotions that we derive our basic values.
