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<p class="MsoNormal">But he impulsively blabs his motives in front of the camera every day?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> on behalf of "thompnickson2@gmail.com" <thompnickson2@gmail.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 11:37 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[FRIAM] Trumps motives not judiciable because they are "in his head"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everybody, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am often been hard pressed by members of the \u201chome church\u201d to supply examples of how locating motives \u201cin the head\u201d is not only a misdirection but actually a dangerous illusion. I give you
<a href="https://shows.acast.com/the-report/episodes/the-impeachment-day-7">https://shows.acast.com/the-report/episodes/the-impeachment-day-7</a> which, at minute 7:40, contains an argument that Trump\u2019s motives cannot be inferred from his behavior because motives
are inherently subjective, \u201cin the head\u201d of the motivated person. This, of course, contradicts long standing legal practice, where demonstrating motive from higher-order patterns in behavior (i.e., patterns distributed more broadly in time and space than
in the moments surrounding the motivated act) is a necessary element in most criminal cases. It is, for instance, the main element that distinguishes manslaughter from murder. In fact, the whole range of offences resulting in death are distinguished by
the degree to which the jury thinks the lethal act was \u201cvoluntary\u201d. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By the way, that link will serve to introduce you to the lawfare \u201c<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-report/id1472798169">reports</a>\u201d which attempt to provide a neutral precis of the proceedings, day by day.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nick <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS: I just did a dive into the legal dictionary. Interesting. Apparently, the law makes a big distinction between
<a href="https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/motivation">motive</a> and
<a href="https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/motivation">intent</a>, the former being more like having a reason to commit a crime, the latter being more like setting about to commit the crime. Interesting stuff, this law business No wonder Oliver
Wendell Holmes was a pragmatist.!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clark University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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