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    If the concept of practical reasons is the concept of an explanation of why doing A is good, then a different argument is needed to rule out external reasons

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    • 1.Aristotle's practical syllogism grounds reasons in the good, not in motivational states, making goodness explanatorily prior to action.
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    • 2.If goodness explains why an action is rationally required, reasons claims track evaluative facts independent of any agent's subjective motivational set.
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    • 3.Williams' internalism collapses the distinction between what motivates and what justifies, which the rival analysis preserves by treating 'good' as action-guiding without being desire-relative.
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    • 1.Parfit's argument in 'On What Matters' shows that objective list theories of the good generate agent-independent reasons without any reference to subjective motivational sets.
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    • 2.If practical reasons are explanations of why doing A is good rather than explanations of actual motivation, then the burden shifts to Williams to show goodness itself is always relativized to a subjective motivational set.
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    • 1.Williams' current argument depends on analyzing practical reasons as explanations of action
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    • 2.The rival analysis does not analyze practical reasons as explanations of action
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    • 3.The rival analysis is compatible with the existence of external reasons
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    The weakest point in this version of Williams’ argument is probably its fundamental, conceptual premise: that the concept of a practical reason is the concept of an explanation of action under certain conditions. Even if we grant the controversial claim that the concept of a practical reason is the concept of an explanation we can still resist this analysis. Suppose, for example, that the concept of a reason to do A is the concept of an explanation of why to do A, or of why doing A is a good thi
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