1996/07/01 by J. David Velleman · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Social Sciences · #Philosophical Ethics and Theory #Free Will and Agency #Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Suppose that reasons for someone to do something must be considerations that would sway him toward doing it if he entertained them rationally.' And suppose that the only considerations capable of swaying someone toward an action are those which represent it as a way of attaining something he wants, or would want once apprised of its attainability.2 These assumptions, taken together, seem to imply that