 Against Kant’s assumption that, since the ends toward which one wishes to act are subjective because projected, and established in one’s deliberating and willingness (as Hume proposed), by one’s subrational desires, practical reason’s function is to limit and channel one’s pursuit of those ends, Aquinas considers that practical reason’s first and fundamental operation is not limiting, confining or negative but rather facilitating and positive: finding and constructing intelligible ends to be pursued (prosequenda), ends that give intelligent point to our behavior.