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Defusing counterexamples against motivational internalism
Defusing counterexamples against motivational internalism

Author(s): Seungbae Park
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Behaviorism
Published by: Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla
Keywords: moral judgment; motivational internalism; motivational externalism; obstruction

Summary/Abstract: Externalists argue that motivation is external to moral judgments on the grounds that people can be unmoved by their moral judgments. I reply that people sometimes act indifferently to their moral considerations not because their moral judgments lack motivation but because their moral judgments are obstructed by rival desires. It appears that the moral motivation wanes while the moral judgments linger. In reality, however, the moral motivation is only made inconspicuous by the motivation of the opposing desires. A moral judgment is subject to obstruction just like an emotive judgment and a gustatory judgment.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-30
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English