When people hear the phrase ājust because,ā they often treat it as a non-answer. It sounds evasive, dismissive, even childishālike when a kid is asked why they did something and responds with nothing more than a shrug. To most of us, ājust becauseā feels like a refusal to engage with the deeper question of why.Continue reading “āJust Becauseā as a Motive of Its Own”
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Beyond Motive: When Actions Have No Reason
When something tragic, violent, or shocking happens, we almost instinctively demand an explanation. We look for the motive. We want to know why someone did what they did. Was it political? Ideological? Personal? Was it revenge, hatred, desperation, or some darker drive? Motives, in our minds, make things fit into a story, a narrative weContinue reading “Beyond Motive: When Actions Have No Reason”