Practical Syllogism, Alan's
Practical syllogism is the logical translation of the psychological unfolding of an action:
"...To syllogize in action is to apply a rule of the form ‘such and such a man should act in such and such ways’ with a view to realizing an end and ultimately, no doubt, the supreme end, happiness. But I am not implying that all the rules which Aristotle might admit as major premisses are in fact rules which prescribe means to ends"
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They desire in act just the ultimate end, the common good, and consider the ends for the sake of which they prescribe as the intermediate stages and instrumental conditions in view of the ultimate end.
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