PERFECTION (on emotions vs actions) –“Emotions and actions are categorically di

PERFECTION

(on emotions vs actions)

–“Emotions and actions are categorically distinct. They rely upon, and inform each other. We need the relevant concepts in order to understand the behavior we witness, but we also need the experience and hermeneutical capacity to properly apply the concepts.”

“For an emotive state or disposition to casually play a role towards or in an action does not mean it itself constitutes an action, no more than a reason itself is an action. There are motives for actions we do not actualize, as there are behaviors we engage in concurrent or complimentary with motives we may have but are in fact not acting on. “

“People desire us to act in certain ways because within certain social situations we conceptually and hermeneutically understand those actions as bearing meaning conducive to our interests, demands, or ‘narratives’. ” — Skye Stewart