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Accession Number:
AD1029759
Title:
Strong Instrumentalism about Normative Reasons for Action
Corporate Author:
United States Air Force Academy Air Force Academy United States
Report Date:
2013-02-22
Abstract:
What is the relationship between our normative reasons for action and our motives can one have a normative reason, say, to eat broccoli even if one does not have motivation to do so Are matters any different if we ask about reasons for, e.g., saving a child from drowning Can anything count in favor of taking action in the absence of motivation to do so Instrumentalism, at least on a first approximation, answers these and similar questions as follows An agent has a normative reason to do a particular action in a given set of circumstances only if the agent is related in the correct way to her motivate to do the action.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Supplementary Note:
AIAA Student Conference , 01 Apr 2012, 06 Apr 2012,
Pages:
0015
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
2.40MB
