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  • DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00420.x
  • OpenAlex ID W2009619927
  • Type Article
  • Language EN
  • Published 21 Jan 2009
  • Volume 22 (1)
  • Pages 98–125
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  • Publisher Wiley
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DESIRES, VALUES, REASONS, AND THE DUALISM OF PRACTICAL REASON

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Abstract In On What Matters Derek Parfit argues that facts about reasons for action are grounded in facts about values and against the view that they are grounded in facts about the desires that subjects would have after fully informed and rational deliberation. I describe and evaluate Parfit's arguments for this value‐based conception of reasons for action and find them wanting. I also assess his…

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