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Competing reasons

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16/04/2021
Author
Snedegar, Justin
Keywords
Reasons
Requirements
Ought
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Reason against
B Philosophy (General)
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Abstract
One of the most important facts about the normative domain is that some considerations are contributory, rather than decisive, when it comes to determining what we ought to, must, or may do. This chapter investigates different ways that contributory reasons bearing on our options can compete with one another to determine the overall normative status of those options. Two key themes are (i) that the theory of this competition must include a distinct role for reasons against, in addition to reasons for, and (ii) that the theory must allow for comparative verdicts about which options are more strongly supported than others, rather than simply which options are required or permitted. I reject a simple and familiar balancing account of the competition, as well as an account that understands the competition in terms of giving and answering criticisms of the options. I introduce a new account that incorporates a distinct role for reasons against.
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Snedegar , J 2021 , Competing reasons . in J Brown & M Simion (eds) , Reasons, justification, and defeat . Oxford University Press , Oxford , pp. 247-268 . https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198847205.003.0011
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Reasons, justification, and defeat
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198847205.003.0011
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Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/reasons-justification-and-defeat-9780198847205.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/27404

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