The requisite mental act or mental state, though, could not be one of mere desire or resolution to act, since it does not follow from our desiring or resolving to act that we are morally obligated to do so; nor could it be the volition to act, since that does not come into being ahead of time when we promise, but only when the time comes to act.
An instance of such a necessity is the necessity of volition, as where my unconstrained will or the unconstrained will of God is the cause which necessitates something else (ibid., p, 158).
Present data cannot ascertain if the increased take-off angle is at the volition of the participant and/or the result of the near vertical movement of the compliant springboard as it returns after compression.
He added that this was the game Volition "was born to make".
Technology as volition is the concept that technology is driven by the human will and as a result is embedded within our culture driven by human values.
Scotus's argument is firmly rooted in the theistic intuition that God's creative volition is the necessary and sufficient causal condition of everything that exists outside him.
Arnauld agreed with Aquinas that God is the sole exterior cause of the volitions of a human being, that is, the only efficient cause of volitions outside the human being himself or herself, but God never causes a person to sin.
Moreover, the very name of this aspect of the lordly subtlety of man, the 'secret', alludes to its purpose: for it is the only trace of human volition that remains active when the mystical journey reaches its climax; amidst that presence where silence is no longer required, but inevitable.
Once the antenna grabs the signal, which Kanojia constantly reminded us was of the volition of the customer and not Aereo, the little thumb-sized antennas change to pick up the requested frequency.
Willkür is the executive aspect or function of the faculty of volition, and is the aspect of it that is properly regarded as free.
