The doctrine of internal reasons

Journal of Value Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 507-516

  Lillehammer, Hallvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040522013     PISSN: 00225363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004851106661     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. See Bernard Williams, "Internal and External Reasons," in Moral Luck (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1981), pp. 101-113, and "Internal Reasons and the Obscurity of Blame," in Making Sense of Humanity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 35-45.
2. See Bernard Williams, "Internal and External Reasons," in Moral Luck (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1981), pp. 101-113, and "Internal Reasons and the Obscurity of Blame," in Making Sense of Humanity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 35-45.
3. See Michael Smith, "Internal Reasons," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 55 (1995), and Derek Parfit, "Reasons and Motivation," Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume. 71 (1997).
4. See Michael Smith, "Internal Reasons," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 55 (1995), and Derek Parfit, "Reasons and Motivation," Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume. 71 (1997).
5. See Williams op. cit., Smith, op. cit., Gilbert Harman, "Moral Relativism Defended," Philosophical Review 85 (1975), and Harman, "Practical Reasoning," Review of Metaphysics 29 (1976).
6. See Williams op. cit., Smith, op. cit., Gilbert Harman, "Moral Relativism Defended," Philosophical Review 85 (1975), and Harman, "Practical Reasoning," Review of Metaphysics 29 (1976).
7. See Williams op. cit., Smith, op. cit., Gilbert Harman, "Moral Relativism Defended," Philosophical Review 85 (1975), and Harman, "Practical Reasoning," Review of Metaphysics 29 (1976).
8. See Williams op. cit., Smith, op. cit., Gilbert Harman, "Moral Relativism Defended," Philosophical Review 85 (1975), and Harman, "Practical Reasoning," Review of Metaphysics 29 (1976).
9. Michael Smith, The Moral Problem (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1994).
10. See Williams, op. cit.
11. See E.J. Bond, Reason and Value (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1983).
12. See Thomas Nagel, The Possibility of Altruism (Oxford University Press, 1970), and John McDowell, "Might there be External Reasons?" in J.E.J. Altham and R. Harrison, eds. World, Mind and Ethics (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
13. See Thomas Nagel, The Possibility of Altruism (Oxford University Press, 1970), and John McDowell, "Might there be External Reasons?" in J.E.J. Altham and R. Harrison, eds. World, Mind and Ethics (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
14. See Bond, op. cit., Rachel Cohon "Are External Reasons Impossible?," Ethics 96 (1986), and J. Robertson, "Internalism about Moral Reasons," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 67 (1986), and Elijah Millgram, "Williams's Argument against External Reasons" Nous 30 (1996).
15. See Bond, op. cit., Rachel Cohon "Are External Reasons Impossible?," Ethics 96 (1986), and J. Robertson, "Internalism about Moral Reasons," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 67 (1986), and Elijah Millgram, "Williams's Argument against External Reasons" Nous 30 (1996).
16. See Bond, op. cit., Rachel Cohon "Are External Reasons Impossible?," Ethics 96 (1986), and J. Robertson, "Internalism about Moral Reasons," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 67 (1986), and Elijah Millgram, "Williams's Argument against External Reasons" Nous 30 (1996).
17. See Bond, op. cit., Rachel Cohon "Are External Reasons Impossible?," Ethics 96 (1986), and J. Robertson, "Internalism about Moral Reasons," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 67 (1986), and Elijah Millgram, "Williams's Argument against External Reasons" Nous 30 (1996).
18. See Brad Hooker, "Williams' Argument against External Reasons" Analysis 47 (1987), and Jonathan Dancy, Moral Reasons. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1993), and McDowell op. cit.
19. See Brad Hooker, "Williams' Argument against External Reasons" Analysis 47 (1987), and Jonathan Dancy, Moral Reasons. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1993), and McDowell op. cit.
20. See Brad Hooker, "Williams' Argument against External Reasons" Analysis 47 (1987), and Jonathan Dancy, Moral Reasons. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1993), and McDowell op. cit.
21. See Jean E. Hampton, The Authority of Reason (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998).
22. See Harman, op. cit.
23. See Williams, op. cit.
24. See Smith, op. cit.
25. See Christine Korsgaard, "Skepticism about Practical Reason," Journal of Philosophy 83 (1986).
26. See Williams, op. cit., pp. 104-105.
27. See Williams, op. cit. and Harman op. cit.
28. See Williams, op. cit. and Harman op. cit.
29. See Smith, op. cit.
30. See Millgram, op. cit.
31. I am grateful to Jimmy Altham, Jonathan Dancy, Ross Harrison, Jane Heal, Alex Oliver, and especially Philip Lakelin for helpful criticisms.