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    Challenges→It is not necessary that every reason for which an agent makes a decision must be reflected in the content of the intention formed in making that decision

    Prior to making a decision, an agent may consider a large number and variety of factors

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    Another question about the account concerns whether the required correspondence between the reasons for which one decides and the content of one’s decision is really necessary. Sometimes prior to making a decision, an agent considers a large number and variety of factors. Her decision might then be made for many different reasons. It is implausible that each and every one of the reasons for which she makes her decision must enter into the content of the intention that she forms in making that de

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