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You mean, "how is a thought on the commendability of pursuing one's internal motivation relevant to a discussion of internal motivation"?

If you have a genuine argument, please articulate it. I'd be of course happy to answer.



My argument revolves around two points:

Of all robberies, murders and rapes only a tiny minority is committed by people feeling deep internal motivation to do so. Most are done by stupid people in a bad situation. Maniacs are pretty rare. Stupid people are a plenty. And they don't dream the life of violence. They have it all right already, some from the birth.

Talking about this tiny minority, I don't see how our yakyaking about following our dreams can affect them. Those people are deeply ill and should see a doctor. I don't see why we should take them into account when talking about how a sane majority of people should live.




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