voluntary behavior depends on the competence to control all…

Page 226 voluntary behavior depends on the competence to control all these degrees of freedom common in ways that are aligned with our beliefs, values, and goals, and there are adaptively detached from the immediate exigencies of the environment and body. This confidence to control is implemented by the brain, not by a single region, where volition resides, but by a network of processes, distributed over many regions in the brain. Execution of even the simplest voluntary action, flicking the switch to turn the kettle on is under pinned by a network

— from True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)

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