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    Challenges→For Kant, practical irrationality, both moral and prudential, focuses mainly on our willing rather than on actions, feelings, or desires.

    Christine Korsgaard and Barbara Herman both argue that Kant's ethics is irreducibly action-guiding, meaning the will's rationality is only assessable through its action-determining outputs.

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    Action-determining outputs(as what proves whether a will is truly rational)
    The concrete results or conclusions that actually cause you to do something; the practical decisions that come from thinking.
    Barbara Herman(as a key modern philosopher in ethics)
    An American philosopher who specializes in Kantian ethics (the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant) and explores what it means to treat people fairly and with respect.
    Christine Korsgaard(the author being discussed)
    A contemporary American philosopher known for her work on ethics, identity, and what makes actions right or wrong based on rational principles.
    Irreducibly action-guiding(describing how Kant's ethics functions)
    Something that cannot be fully explained or simplified without reference to actually directing what someone does; in this case, Kant's ethics necessarily tells us how to act.

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    Kant's ethics(as the ethical framework being discussed)
    The moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, an 18th-century German philosopher who argued that morality is based on reason and duty, not on emotions or consequences.
    rationality(Traditional conception being challenged by epistemic relativists)
    A cognitive virtue and hallmark of the scientific method, intimately tied to requirements of consistency, justification, warrant, and evidence for beliefs.
    the will(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of mind)
    Your desires, drives, and personal goals—basically what you want or need for yourself. In philosophy, 'the will' often refers to this force inside us that pushes us to pursue what we want.

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