The prerequisites for any kind of purposeful action is a will and its corollary agent.
I have a couple of questions about this statement (which I think is true).
Should the will and its agent be considered one and the same? Does this imply that the will owns itself?
If not, is the will merely controlling the agent, and existing independently of any agent? Does this control imply the agent is owned by the will? If not, how are we to define ownership?
I don’t think I have articulated my thoughts well here but I just want to see if anyone has any comments on these questions, or some links to articles or books which address them.
The “will” is simply “part” (for lack of a better term) of the mind of the individual. Since the mind relies on the substrate called the brain, and since the individual owns his or her brain, clearly the individual “owns” his or her mind, and thus his or her will. It’s a package deal: a self.
Yes, I think I can go along with that.
Can we consider a mind to be an irreducible amount of “matter” that the will needs to be able to undertake purposeful action? From this can we deduce a certain amount of “matter” is needed to undertake any purposeful action?
Is there any justification for the wills acquisition of that “matter” and its claim to sole use?
I might just be rambling here.