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Reasons Internalism and the function of normative reasons

Sinclair, Neil

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NEIL SINCLAIR neil.sinclair@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Philosophy



Abstract

What is the connection between reasons and motives? According to Reasons Internalism there is a non-trivial conceptual connection between normative reasons and the possibility of rationally accessing relevant motivation. Reasons Internalism is attractive insofar as it captures the thought that reasons are for reasoning with and repulsive insofar as it fails to generate sufficient critical distance between reasons and motives. Rather than directly adjudicate this dispute, I extract from it two generally accepted desiderata on theories of normative reasons and argue that a new theory can satisfy both. The new theory locates part of the meaning of normative reason statements in their role in normative discussion. It generates a view of the connection between reasons and motives that is distinct from Reasons Internalism, yet distinctively in its spirit.

Citation

Sinclair, N. (2017). Reasons Internalism and the function of normative reasons. Dialectica, 71(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-8361.12177

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 9, 2017
Online Publication Date Nov 7, 2017
Publication Date Jun 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 21, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Dialectica
Print ISSN 0012-2017
Electronic ISSN 1746-8361
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 71
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-8361.12177
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/968770
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1746-8361.12177/full

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