An intentional decision for an action, preceding the action itself, is then the key for anything like free will in this picture.
When "American Hustle," about the real-world figures involved in the Abscam operation, hit theaters two years ago, director David O. Russell preemptively neutralized criticism with a short message preceding the action.
This preceded the ACTION phase in which individuals were encouraged to try out new behaviours and celebrate change within their community.
Speech too often precedes action, and action precedes thought.
But I remember well, as I'm sure Washington State Representative Pedersen and Senator Murray do, the long slog that preceded this period of action, the many times bills were almost passed, or watered-down versions squeaked through instead, as we fought for our rights as equal citizens of our states and our United States.
Such outcome views are not committed to the claim that the occurrence of the mental antecedent must precede the action.
Non-linearity means here that simultaneity of events is possible, in the sense that the design of an action does not necessarily precede the action, but can converge with it.
When the music precedes the action, melodrama results (example: sting chord, followed by a character singing "you MUST pay the rent!").
Assuming that e2 is in e1's cause argument, we can infer that e2 occurs Before e1, since intuitively the cause of an action precedes the action.
Action & intention are the cause as our thoughts & intention precede the action.
With Hollywood fantasy co-opted by the military and their ads preceding revisionist action hero crap in theatres, the distinction between escapist entertainment and reality is intentionally blurred.
