Buridan's ass

== English == === Alternative forms === Buridan's Ass === Etymology === After the fourteenth-century French philosopher Jean Buridan, whose philosophy of moral determinism it satirizes. === Proper noun === Buridan's ass The hypothetical donkey who is placed precisely midway between two sources of food or water. The hypothetical donkey in the context of certainly dying of hunger or thirst by being unable to choose between the two equidistant options. The hypothetical donkey, as a typical character of a number of philosophical paradoxes involving equally valuable incentives to action, and the nature of the possible choices and outcomes. === Noun === Buridan's ass (countable and uncountable, plural Buridan's asses) (countable, chiefly derogatory) A person or organization who does not make a choice. (uncountable, chiefly derogatory) Collectively, people who do not make a choice.