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    It is not the case that Normative reasons are true propositions.

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    • 1.Facts are not identical to true propositions but are mind-independent worldly states of affairs (following Armstrong's truthmaker theory).
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    • 2.If facts are non-propositional truth-makers rather than true propositions, normative reasons inherit that non-propositional ontological status.
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    • 3.Therefore identifying normative reasons with true propositions conflates the truth-makers with the truths they ground.
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    • 1.Normative reasons must be capable of motivating rational agents, but abstract propositional entities lack the causal-motivational profile required (Mackie's queerness argument).
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    • 2.True propositions are abstract objects with no intrinsic motivational force, making them categorically unsuited to play the practical role reasons must play.
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    • 1.Normative reasons are facts.
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    • 2.Facts are true propositions.
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