Reasons as the Unity Among the Varieties of Goodness. (20th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rowland, Richard
• Is Part Of: Pacific philosophical quarterly. Volume 97:Number 2(2016:Jun.)
• Page Start: 200
• Page End: 227
• Publication Date: 2015-01-20
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1111/papq.12057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0279-0750

Abstract

Abstract: Our concepts of good simpliciter, good for, and good as a particular kind of thing must share some common element. I argue that all three types of goodness can be analysed in terms of the reasons that there are for a certain sets of agents to have pro‐attitudes. To this end I provide new and compelling accounts of good for and goodness of a kind in terms of reasons for pro‐attitudes that are more explanatorily illuminating than competing accounts and that evade the objections that undermine previous accounts of good for and goodness of a kind in terms of reasons.