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    It is not the case that Reason can identify necessary connections between actions and ends we already have, constituting a form of practical normativity.

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    • 1.Identifying causal connections between actions and ends is descriptive, not normative—it tells us what works, not what we ought to do.
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    • 2.Practical normativity requires reasons to override our desires; mere instrumental efficiency doesn't explain why anyone must pursue their ends.
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    • 3.We can rationally recognize the best means to an end while remaining unmotivated to pursue it, undermining reason's normative force.
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    • 1.If you desire health, reason can identify that exercise is causally necessary for achieving it, making exercise rationally binding.
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    • 2.Hypothetical imperatives (if you want X, do Y) are genuinely normative because they follow logically from means-end reasoning.
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    • 3.We commonly revise actions based on rational recognition of ineffective means, showing reason does generate practical obligations.
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