The Wrong Kind of Solution to the Wrong Kind of Reason Problem

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1741-6183|21|2|225-232

ISSN： 0953-8208

Source： Utilitas, Vol.21, Iss.2, 2009-06, pp. : 225-232

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Abstract

The so-called Wrong Kind of Reason (WKR) problem for Scanlon's ‘buck-passing’ account of value has been much discussed recently. In a recent issue of Utilitas Gerald Lang provides a highly useful critique of extant proposed solutions to the WKR problem and suggests a novel solution of his own. In this note I offer a critique of Lang's solution and respond to some criticisms Lang directs at a Brentano-style approach suggested by Sven Danielsson and me.

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