According to Foot, "To Explain an Action Is Not Necessarily

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According to Foot, "to explain an action is not necessarily to show that it could have been suppressed from some fact about the agent's character-that he is weak, greedy, sentimental, and so forth. We may if we like say that an action is never fully explained unless it has been shown to be covered by a law which connects it to such a character trait."

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Definitions:

Terminus

The lower end of a glacier.

Evaporation

The process by which water transforms from a liquid to a gas or vapor, often driven by heat from the sun.

Seawater

The saltwater that makes up the oceans and seas, covering more than 70% of the Earth's surface.

Sediment

Particles of organic or inorganic matter that settle out of suspension in water, air, or ice, and accumulate in layers on the earth's surface.