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Desires As Additional Reasons? The Case Of Tie-Breaking, Attila Tanyi
Desires As Additional Reasons? The Case Of Tie-Breaking, Attila Tanyi
Attila Tanyi
According to the Desire-Based Reasons Model reasons for action are provided by desires. Many, however, are critical about the Model holding an alternative view of practical reason, which is often called valued-based. In this paper I consider one particular attempt to refute the Model, which advocates of the valued-based view often appeal to: the idea of reason-based desires. The argument is built up from two premises. The first claims that desires are states that we have reason to have. The second argues that desires do not add to the stock of reasons the agent has for having them. Together the …