Practices as ‘actual’ sources of goodness of actions

Philosophy and Public Issues - Filosofia E Questioni Pubbliche:57-70 (2015)
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This is a contribution to a special issue of "Philosophy and Public Issues" focussing on Michael Thompson's Life and Action. I first discuss the nature of actuality, then the distinction between acting on a first-order consideration and a second-order consideration, and the possibly related distinction between expressing a practice and merely simulating it. Then I turn to the topic of varieties of goodness.

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