Goodness and motivation

Philosophical Explorations 24 (1):5-20 (2021)
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1. To be moral is to be moved to act by reason; and to be moved to act by reason is to be moved by the good. This venerable platitude raises many questions. Some are about the nature of goodness it...

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10.1080/13869795.2020.1868111

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