Volume 12, Number 1
September 2017
ARTICLE

Ends to Means

Volume 12, Number 1, September 2017, Pages 6–28
https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v12i1.207
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Abstract

This paper defends a probability-raising theory of what it is to be a means to an end, and how much reason transmits from an end to its means. In short, an action is a means to an end insofar as it raises the probability of the end relative to the worst one could do. The paper also considers and criticizes several alternative probability-raising theories as well as non-probability-raising conditions on being a means and being supported by means-based reason.
Copyright © 2017 Matthew S. Bedke
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