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    It is not the case that Probable reasoning alone cannot motivate action; it only assists in pursuing ends already held.

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    • 1.Practical reason, as Kant argues in the Groundwork, can generate categorical imperatives that motivate action independently of antecedent desires.
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    • 2.If reason alone can bind rational agents to act through the moral law, then probable reasoning about duty can itself be motivationally sufficient.
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    • 3.Hume's restriction of reason to a servant of passion presupposes a sharp faculty distinction that Kant's critical philosophy systematically dismantles.
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    • 1.Belief-desire internalism, as challenged by Nagel in 'The Possibility of Altruism,' conflates the genetic origin of motivation with its rational justification.
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    • 2.When probable reasoning reveals that another person is suffering, this cognition can itself constitute a motivating reason without requiring a prior desire to alleviate suffering.
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    • 1.Probable reasoning allows us to discern causal relations among objects of experience.
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    • 2.Our positive or negative feelings about an end spread to the causes of that end, motivating pursuit or avoidance.
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    • 3.Simply believing that one thing causes another will not motivate action without a prior desire or aversion toward the effect.
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