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New Trouble for “Reasons as Evidence”: Means That Don’t Justify the Ends

Schmidt, Eva (2017). New Trouble for “Reasons as Evidence”: Means That Don’t Justify the Ends. Ethics, 127(3):708-718.

Abstract

In this article, I argue against Kearns and Star’s reasons-as-evidence view, which identifies normative reasons to ɸ with evidence that one ought to ɸ. I provide a new counterexample to their view, the student case, which involves an inference to the best explanation from means to end or, more generally, from a derivative to a more foundational “ought” proposition. It shows that evidence that one ought to act a certain way is not in all cases a reason so to act. I present a diagnosis of the problem that is brought out by the counterexample

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Philosophy
Dewey Decimal Classification:100 Philosophy
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Philosophy
Language:English
Date:April 2017
Deposited On:03 Oct 2017 13:48
Last Modified:16 Jun 2025 01:37
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
ISSN:0014-1704
Additional Information:Discussions
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Official URL. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/690013
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