Psychology, Equality, and the Forgetting of Motivations
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Vincent, M.. (2024). Psychology, Equality, and the Forgetting of Motivations. Topoi. 43(2), pp. 469-477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09979-2
Authors | Vincent, M. |
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Abstract | I hope to demonstrate the value of a close reading Williams’s ‘Internal and External Reasons’, and to provide a theory of error regarding the substantial body of work which seeks to, in various ways, defang the essay. I do this by providing some historical context for the paper, and sketching where, historically, internalism and certain sorts of moral realism became separated. It will likely not surprise the reader when I suggest that the modern scientific worldview has an important place in the discussion of the notion of external reasons. As mind, motivation, and perception have become less opaque to us, certain avenues for explaining our reasons have come closer to relying on hypotheses which may turn out to be falsifiable, and have thus been abandoned. What may come as more of a surprise is my suggestion that modern egalitarianism is an important factor as well. I suggest that impersonal reason has been used as an (implausible, but perhaps well-intentioned) alternative to the practice of some inflicting their reasons on others. |
Keywords | Reason internalism; Hume; Bernard Williams; Metaethics; Normativity |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Topoi |
Journal citation | 43 (2), pp. 469-477 |
Publisher | Springer-Verlag Dordrecht |
ISSN | 1572-8749 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09979-2 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11245-023-09979-2 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 469-477 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
May 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 25 Oct 2023 |
Deposited | 26 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023. |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90x07/psychology-equality-and-the-forgetting-of-motivations
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