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    It is not the case that One can act only if one acts in accord with norms that any rational agent could accept.

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    • 1.Agents can act from particular desires, habits, or emotions that are not universalizable yet still constitute genuine actions (Humean tradition).
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    • 2.The causal history of an action, not its conformity to rational norms, is what distinguishes action from mere bodily movement (Davidson, 'Actions, Reasons, and Causes').
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    • 1.Nietzsche and Williams demonstrate that agents with radically idiosyncratic value systems act purposively without appealing to norms any rational agent would share.
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    • 2.If acting for a reason only requires that the agent's own motivational set grounds the behavior, universalizability is a moral constraint on action, not a constitutive one (Williams, 'Internal and External Reasons').
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.In order to count as an action, something done by a person must be done for a reason.
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    • 2.Acting for a reason means acting in accord with norms that any rational agent could accept.
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    • 3.What counts as an action is determined by the nature of action itself.
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