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An Essay On The Desire-Based Reasons Model, Attila Tanyi Dec 2005

An Essay On The Desire-Based Reasons Model, Attila Tanyi

Attila Tanyi

The dissertation argues against the view that normative reasons for action are grounded in desires. It first works out the different versions of the Model. After this, in the next three chapters, it presents and discusses three arguments against the Model, on the basis of which, it concludes that the Model gives us the wrong account of normative practical reasons.