RT Article
T1 The Normative Requirement of Means-End Rationality and Modest Bootstrapping
JF Ethical theory and moral practice
VO 17
IS 3
SP 487
OP 503
A1 Cheng-Guajardo, Luis
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785698249
AB “Myth theorists” have recently called the normative requirement of means-end rationality into question. I show that we can accept certain lessons from the Myth Theorists and also salvage our intuition that there is a normative requirement of means-end rationality. I argue that any appeal to a requirement to make our attitudes coherent as such is superfluous and unnecessary in order to vindicate the requirement of means-end rationality and also avoid the problematic conclusion that persons ought to take the means to whatever ends they happen to intend.
K1 Bootstrapping
K1 Autonomy
K1 instrumental rationality
K1 Practical rationality
DO 10.1007/s10677-013-9455-y