Hume

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The principle of custom or habit
Introduction
The principle of custom or habit explains that there is a force that works behind a person for him to be behaving in a manner he does. The pattern is a secret power that an object can produce another one; it causes one to act in a manner that he cannot explain. Habit is a drive which forms due to the repetition of actions without a person’s control “Dewey’s moral philosophy” (Anderson 120)
Habit/custom
Habit/custom occurs when an action repeats itself without being compelled by any reasoning or an understanding of the process. Humans tend to pretend that the effect of habit results from custom. But through making this habit is not well understood as humans blame the principle of their nature which in returns tries to explain the cause of the cause. It is evident that human habit is not like the drawing which is predictable, whereby for instance a circle can be drawn from many dimensions if all cycles are surveyed all the ring will be the same.
But it is complicated for a human to take observation of another human make a move and make a conclusion that all human bodies take the same movement after the same influence. It is evident that all inferences that result from experience are effects of customs and not reasoning. Experience is gotten from logic as observation may trigger sense or the limitation of civil government and a legal constitution. The former is as a result of the mere human being’s intellectual facilities.

Hence habit is an uncontrollable action which repeatedly occurs in the life of a human without much reasoning of the cause “medieval theories of practical reason” (Celano 212).
Conclusion
This passage is more on the habit and what causes habits to repeat itself. It is evident from the reading that a person is not aware of his practices and he finds himself doing that one thing that reflects his habit (Hume 29). Human beings always try to justify this by blaming the principle of human nature which in return works to defend the cause-effect of the cause. The mind of a human compelled by the action, and it produces the same response again in a repeated manner.Works cited
Anderson, Elizabeth. “Dewey’s moral philosophy.” (2005).
Celano, Anthony. “Medieval Theories of Practical Reason.” (1999).
Hume, David. An enquiry concerning the principles of morals. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press, 2006.