Have ever had a change of plans? In some professions, this can happen within seconds of the formation of a prior plan. At one point you were doing/planning one thing and then the next new information comes and changes the situation entirely. However, sometimes it is ourselves who change our minds about our plans. Our plans are what may be called the final cause of our action i.e. what causes the carrying out of the action to be worth it. At first, we can set out to accomplish x but after we begin our end shift from x to x+y. When engaging with finite goods, the y variable can push our intent (the final cause of our act) into an immoral space we did not initially intend but gave in to a new temptation brought on by circumstances.
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