Means-end coherence,stringency, and subjective reasons |
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| Authors: | Mark Schroeder |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Philosophy, USC School of Philosophy, University of Southern California, Mudd Hall of Philosophy, 3709 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA |
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| Abstract: | Intentions matter. They have some kind of normative impact on our agency. Something goes wrong when an agent intends some end and fails to carry out the means she believes to be necessary for it, and something goes right when, intending the end, she adopts the means she thinks are required. This has even been claimed to be one of the only uncontroversial truths in ethical theory. But not only is there widespread disagreement about why this is so, there is widespread disagreement about in what sense it is so. In this paper I explore an underdeveloped answer to the question of in what sense it is so, and argue that resolving an apparent difficulty with this view leads to an attractive picture about why it is so. |
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| Keywords: | Intention Instrumental rationality Means-end coherence Wide-scope Bratman Broome Ewing Setiya Three-envelope problem Reasons |
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