The Possibility of Love Independent Reasons

Essays in Philosophy 12 (1):32-54 (2011)
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Abstract

This article is a critical examination of Harry Frankfurt's view of reasons. Frankfurt has argued in a number of recent books for the view which holds that all practical reasons are a function of what we love. This article examines Frankfurt's key argument for this claim. It uses the analogy of a similar argument in the domain of epistemic reasons to show where Frankfurt's argument fails. It also argues that there are a number of plausible views about practical reasons that are available for us as a result.

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Jussi Suikkanen
University of Birmingham

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