willings

And since freedom is often thought to be necessary for moral responsibility, we cannot be morally responsible even for our willings.

Moral Luck Nelkin, Dana K. 2008

For we can ask on which side of this line do intentions, willings, bodily movements, and so on, fall.

Moral Luck Nelkin, Dana K. 2008

He thus calls them "self-forming willings" (125), or SFWs.

Incompatibilist (Nondeterministic) Theories of Free Will Clarke, Randolph 2008

Such a view can concede that all human actions must originate with some kind of mental state, often styled a volition or a willing; such a view can even concede that volitions or willings are an intention of a certain kind (Moore 1993, Ch. 6).

Deontological Ethics Alexander, Larry 2007

But the willings of those others can in turn be providentially arranged, since they too fall under middle knowledge.

Divine Providence McCann, Hugh J. 2006

And much that occurs, most especially sinful decisions and willings, will not be of his choosing.

Divine Providence McCann, Hugh J. 2006

I have implied that free willings are but a subset of willings, at least as a conceptual matter.

Free Will O'Connor, Timothy 2005

For if all my willings were wholly determined, then if we were to trace my causal history back far enough, we would ultimately arrive at external factors that gave rise to me, with my particular genetic dispositions.

Free Will O'Connor, Timothy 2005

My motives at the time would not be the ultimate source of my willings, only the most proximate ones.

Free Will O'Connor, Timothy 2005

Plato, for example, posits rational, spirited, and appetitive aspects to the soul and holds that willings issue from the higher, rational part alone.

Free Will O'Connor, Timothy 2005