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The symmetry of rational requirements

The symmetry of rational requirements
The symmetry of rational requirements
Some irrational states can be avoided in more than one way. For example, if you believe that you ought to A you can avoid akrasia by intending to A or by dropping the belief that you ought to A. This supports the claim that some rational requirements are wide-scope. For instance, the requirement against akrasia is a requirement to intend to A or not believe that you ought to A. But some writers object that this Wide-Scope view ignores asymmetries between the different ways of avoiding irrationality. In this paper I defend the Wide-Scope view against recent objections of this sort from Mark Schroeder and Niko Kolodny. I argue that once we are clear about what the Wide-Scope view is committed to—and, importantly, what it is not—we can see that Schroeder and Kolodny’s objections fail.
rational requirements, asymmetry objection, wide-scope view, schroeder, kolodny, broome
0031-8116
227-239
Way, Jonathan
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Way, Jonathan
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Way, Jonathan (2011) The symmetry of rational requirements. Philosophical Studies, 155 (2), 227-239. (doi:10.1007/s11098-010-9563-7).

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Some irrational states can be avoided in more than one way. For example, if you believe that you ought to A you can avoid akrasia by intending to A or by dropping the belief that you ought to A. This supports the claim that some rational requirements are wide-scope. For instance, the requirement against akrasia is a requirement to intend to A or not believe that you ought to A. But some writers object that this Wide-Scope view ignores asymmetries between the different ways of avoiding irrationality. In this paper I defend the Wide-Scope view against recent objections of this sort from Mark Schroeder and Niko Kolodny. I argue that once we are clear about what the Wide-Scope view is committed to—and, importantly, what it is not—we can see that Schroeder and Kolodny’s objections fail.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 25 May 2010
Published date: September 2011
Keywords: rational requirements, asymmetry objection, wide-scope view, schroeder, kolodny, broome
Organisations: Philosophy

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Local EPrints ID: 177913
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/177913
ISSN: 0031-8116
PURE UUID: b3ed5ca1-5ea5-43bd-9527-c2d97a30bff0

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Date deposited: 22 Mar 2011 11:23
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:44

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