The reason that Sigmund Freud and, later, Sadger folded sadism and masochism together is that they saw them as mirror-images of each other, two different responses to the command to act like a father.
However, if the C.I.A. were given broader authority, it could call for help from the military or deputize some forces of the Special Operations Command to act under the authority of the agency.
If a DESS cannot respond to voltage regulation needs, but the system give a command to act, the DESS maybe break down.
But the theological voluntarist may deny that acting justly is morally required prior to God's commanding it, any more than acting courageously, temperately, or prudently are morally required prior to God's commanding us to act courageously, temperately, or prudently.
In the previous section we saw that, on Kant's view, the moral law is a purely formal principle that commands us to act only on maxims that have what he calls lawgiving form, which maxims have only if they can be willed as universal laws.
Role-playing, acting "as if" we were someone else, changes our outlook and our behavior, and so that is why the Seder commands us to act "as if we ourselves went forth from Egypt" -- because Passover, at its heart, is truly an act of role-playing.
Manning brought the "Collateral Murder" video and other documents to Wikileaks after going to people above her in the chain of command who refused to act.
In all likelihood, the puppy's response to your command will be to act as though you've said nothing or that you've actually told him to jump up and down, run around in circles, bark loudly, and/or wag his tail vigorously.
Radford commanded Princeton, and four destroyers to act as a covering force for Lee's Marines, who built an airfield on the islands.
Washington gave his commanders wide latitude in how to act, issuing commands that they were to be "constantly harassing the enemy", and that they should be aggressive in their tactics.
