The above examples show that it is difficult to identify a mental act called intention. ... An everyday example would be imprisonment of persons who violated the laws of their society. ... How much control, for example, does a person have over his body? ... The addition of the slavery issue was deliberate, but had nothing to do either with the remote or with proximate causes of war. ... Logic cannot lead us all the way in life, but can keep us more closely aligned with reality if our perceptions themselves are in tune with the way the world really is. ...

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