Broome on Reasons to Act
Author(s)
Setiya, Kieran
Date Issued
July 2015
Journal
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Citation
Setiya, Kieran. “Broome on Reasons to Act.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 91.1 (2015): 204–210.
Version
Author's final manuscript
Abstract
In Rationality Through Reasoning, John Broome explores the nature of reasons, rationality, and what he calls “the central ought.” His discussion is rich in distinctions, arguments, and controversial claims. It is also dauntingly rigorous: I am sure I have not mastered Broome’s system. In what follows, I risk some tentative questions about its application to ethics, raising objections and offering an alternative view. There is a lot in Broome’s meticulous, wide-ranging book that I will not address.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12202
