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    The incontinent agent exhibits a defect in rationality. — Carmelics
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    The incontinent agent exhibits a defect in rationality.

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    • 1.The principle of continence tells us to perform the action judged best on the basis of all available relevant reasons.
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    • 2.Drawing an ATC conclusion in favor of action a gives one sufficient grounds to conclude that a is better sans phrase and to do a.
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    • 3.The incontinent agent violates the principle of continence by not performing the action judged best.
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    What should we say about an agent who does this? Returning to the three features of prima facie or PF judgments which we noted earlier, features (a) and (b) hold even of the special subclass of PF judgments which are ATC judgments. Such judgments neither are equivalent to, nor logically imply, any AO judgment. So the incontinent agent who fails to draw the AO conclusion which corresponds to his ATC conclusion, and to perform the corresponding action, is not committing “a simple logical blu
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