... it is "that set of considerations which, when combined with [the agents] factual beliefs (and probability estimates), yeilds judgments of the form: the thing for me to do in these circumstances, all things considered, is a"(Watson, 105). Our motivational system can be seen as "that set of considerations whish ... decision, and yet I still want to say that, barring certain circumstances, this was still a rational action. I want to say that, assuming the man doesn't suffer from any physical affliction that has impaired his judgement (i.e. schizophrenia or some other mental illness), and tha...

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... and comfort. Sometimes "pain" provides the only space for the subject ( victim ) to come back into being ( Kristeva ). For the "I" to reemerge into existence/reality, to feel, to remember, and to mourn for its pain. On the other hand, a witness to torture/violence, can only stand at the edge of that "pain", that no-man's-land of unimaginable, unspeakable horror and terror, that their ... mind to some degree have not ever touched or assimilated before. Examine the psychological stance of a raped victim and a witness of rape. Rape is a bodily violation that abuses the victim's body and mi...

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