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    It is not the case that Reason cannot be the motive to moral action

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    • 1.Hume's argument conflates reason's inability to produce bare conation with its inability to motivate when conjoined with moral judgment.
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    • 2.Contemporary constructivists like Korsgaard argue that practical reason constitutes rather than merely tracks normative authority, giving it genuine motivational force.
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    • 3.An agent who reflectively endorses an action through rational deliberation and acts on that endorsement demonstrates reason functioning as the proximate motivational source.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant's categorical imperative shows that rational beings can be moved to act solely by recognition of universal law, independent of desire.
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    • 2.If the mere conception of duty as rationally derived can produce respect (Achtung) as a motivating feeling, reason initiates the causal chain of action.
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    • Reason cannot motivate any action whatsoever
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