Lesson 2 of 11 · 5 minutes
Man acts
Action means purposeful behavior: using chosen means because the actor expects a more satisfactory state.
Situation
A student says, 'I do not care about grades,' then spends the night writing an essay to avoid failing the class.
What matters more: the statement or the action?
Answering is the main action. The other two controls open the distinctions without marking the lesson complete.
Goal, means, alternative
Find one place where your behavior says something different from your stated priorities.
Action is not the same as a slogan about values. Action is the chosen attempt to improve a situation.
For Mises, action is not motion. It is purposeful conduct. That distinction powers the rest of praxeology. Open the source for this claim →
Connected lab
See the same distinction move.
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No graded answer