human action

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human action - something that people do or cause to happen

event - something that happens at a given place and time

action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

causation, causing - the act of causing something to happen

obstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a child

departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing

discovery, find, uncovering - the act of discovering something

disposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of something

effectuation, implementation - the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect

egression, egress, emergence - the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

equalisation, equalization, leveling - the act of making equal or uniform

digging up, disinterment, exhumation - the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

mitsvah, mitzvah - (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty

actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling

recovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

running away - the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be

touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goal

leaning - the act of deviating from a vertical position

motivating, motivation - the act of motivating; providing incentive

assumption - the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"

sacrifice, forfeit, forfeiture - the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

derivation - the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

hire - the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"

wearing, wear - the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"

judgment, assessment, judgement - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

production - the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

stay - continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

residency, abidance, residence - the act of dwelling in a place

inactivity - being inactive; being less active

interference, hinderance, hindrance - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

stop, stoppage - the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

group action - action taken by a group of people

distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

legitimation - the act of rendering a person legitimate; "he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"; "his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation"

permissive waste, waste - (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

proclamation, promulgation - the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature"

communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

speech act - the use of language to perform some act

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All his art was exerted to touch upon those springs of human action with which he was most familiar.

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Besides displaying that beauty of virtue which may attract the admiration of mankind, I have attempted to engage a stronger motive to human action in her favour, by convincing men, that their true interest directs them to a pursuit of her.

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Hence there is no reality in human action and no place for right and wrong.

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He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

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One moral we have already deduced, in considering the circular or compensatory character of every human action. Another analogy we shall now trace, that every action admits of being outdone.

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He jumped over the stream; Hirst went round and joined him, remarking that he had long ceased to look for the reason of any human action.

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Bulstrode saw in it not only medical jealousy but a determination to thwart himself, prompted mainly by a hatred of that vital religion of which he had striven to be an effectual lay representative--a hatred which certainly found pretexts apart from religion such as were only too easy to find in the entanglements of human action. These might be called the ministerial views.

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and few human actions admit of more satisfactory solution.

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is established for some good purpose; for an apparent [Bekker 1252a] good is the spring of all human actions; it is evident that this is the principle upon which they are every one founded, and this is more especially true of that which has for its object the best possible, and is itself the most excellent, and comprehends all the rest.

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For us with the standard of good and evil given us by Christ, no human actions are incommensurable.

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All human actions will then, of course, be tabulated according to these laws, mathematically, like tables of logarithms up to 108,000, and entered in an index; or, better still, there would be published certain edifying works of the nature of encyclopaedic lexicons, in which everything will be so clearly calculated and explained that there will be no more incidents or adventures in the world.

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I refuse to make a hierarchy of human actions and ascribe worthiness to some and ill-repute to others.