Some Advice for Moral Psychologists

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Abstract

Recently, philosophers have employed the notion of advice to tackle a variety of philosophical problems. In particular, Michael Smith and Nomy Arpaly have in different ways related the notion of advice to the notion of a reason for action. Here I argue that both accounts are flawed, because each operates with a simplistic picture of the way advice works. I conclude that it would be wise to take more time to analyze what advice is and how it in fact works, before putting it to particular philosophical uses.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalPacific Philosophical Quarterly
Volume84
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 9 2003

Disciplines

  • Epistemology
  • Sociology

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