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The matter of motivating reasons (2021)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J. J. (2022). The matter of motivating reasons. Philosophical Studies, 179, 1563-1589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01719-9

It is now standard in the literature on reasons and rationality to distinguish normative reasons from motivating reasons. Two issues have dominated philosophical theorising concerning the latter: (i) whether we should think of them as certain (nonfac... Read More about The matter of motivating reasons.

Moral Worth and Knowing How to Respond to Reasons (2021)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J. J. (2022). Moral Worth and Knowing How to Respond to Reasons. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 105(2), 385-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12825

It's one thing to do the right thing. It's another to be creditable for doing the right thing. Being creditable for doing the right thing requires that one does the right thing out of a morally laudable motive and that there is a non-accidental fit b... Read More about Moral Worth and Knowing How to Respond to Reasons.