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Wrong Kind of Reasons and Consequences

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In a recent issue of Utilitas Gerald Lang provided an appealing new solution to the Wrong Kind of Reason problem for the buck-passing account of value. In subsequent issues Jonas Olson and John Brunero have provided objections to Lang's solution. I argue that Brunero's objection is not a problem for Lang's solution, and that a revised version of Lang's solution avoids Olson's objections. I conclude that we can solve the Wrong Kind of Reason problem, and that the wrong kind of reasons for pro-attitudes are reasons that would not still be reasons for pro-attitudes if it were not for the additional consequences of having those pro-attitudes.

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  • Rowland, Richard, 2013. "Wrong Kind of Reasons and Consequences," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(3), pages 405-416, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:utilit:v:25:y:2013:i:03:p:405-416_00
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