Good reasons, as Scanlon argues in 'Being Realistic About Reasons', must be grounded in facts about the world that obtain independently of whether any agent has a relevant attitude.

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Being Realistic About Reasons(as a specific philosophical work): The title of one of Scanlon's essays where he argues that our reasons for doing things should be based on what's actually true about the world, not just on what we wish were true.
Obtain independently(the distinction between immediate and mediated generation might be real in the world even if we can't prove it): Exist or be true on their own, without depending on anything else (like our knowledge or beliefs).
Scanlon: # Scanlon Tim Scanlon is an influential American philosopher known for developing a theory of ethics based on the idea that actions are right if they could be justified to others through principles everyone could reasonably accept. Rather than focusing on happiness or duty, his approach emphasizes what we can defend to each other as fair-minded people, making morality fundamentally about mutual respect and agreement. He's considered one of the most important moral philosophers of our time because his ideas have reshaped how philosophers think about fairness, responsibility, and what we owe to one another.
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