This paper takes up two questions regarding Locke’s doctrine of suspension. First, what motivates suspension? Second, what are the conditions under which we are motivated to suspend? In response to the first question, I argue that suspension is motivated by the desire to avoid the possible future evils that might result from acting precipitately upon some desire without suspending. In response to the second question, I argue against the common assumption that the desire motivating suspension must be an agent’s most pressing desire.

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洛克关于暂停欲望的动机

本文就洛克的悬置学说提出了两个问题。首先，是什么促使暂停？第二，什么情况下我们有动机暂停？在回答第一个问题时，我认为暂停的动机是希望避免未来可能发生的恶事，这些恶事可能是由于在没有暂停的情况下突然采取行动而导致的。在回答第二个问题时，我反对一个普遍的假设，即激励暂停的欲望必须是代理人最紧迫的欲望。