Internalism and the good for a person
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A two-tier relation between motivation and a person's good provides a strong argument for 'existence internalism,' which holds that normative status and motivation are necessarily connected. According to the two-tier version of internalism, motivations connect the individual with what would be good for that person under counterfactual conditions and also provide links between the individual and information relating to personal counterfactual attitudes. Arguments for internalism are based on judgment internalism, the metaphysics of value, epistemological justification, the principle that 'ought' implies 'can,' and autonomy.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1996
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Motive and rightness
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Motives sometimes, but not always, affect whether an action is right or wrong. Examples of motives that have such a deontic significance include cruelty, racism, the desire for money, and 'trifling' motives that are not in accord with the seriousness of the action. Many moral philosophers, including Aristotle, the consequentialists, and some deontologists, have held nevertheless that motives never determine the rightness or wrongness of an act. The proposed counterexamples, as well as general consideration of rightness and motives, support the argument that motives can influence an action's deontic status.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1996
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Persons, perspectives, and full information accounts of the good
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Full information or ideal advisor accounts of a person's good, such as those given by Peter Railton and Richard Brandt, cannot be considered normative, but may nevertheless provide a valuable regulative ideal. The views of a 'fully informed' person, one who looks at things from a bird's-eye point of view, would not necessarily be recognized as authoritative. Furthermore, no one could ever be fully informed. The ideal of full information overlooks the limitations that are inherent in being a person who must look at things from a particular perspective.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1995
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