RT Article
T1 Reasons and Value – in Defence of the Buck-Passing Account
JF Ethical theory and moral practice
VO 7
IS 5
SP 513
OP 535
A1 Suikkanen, Jussi
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2005
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785693263
AB In this article, I will defend the so-called “buck-passing” theory of value. According to this theory, claims about the value of an object refer to the reason-providing properties of the object. The concept of value can thus be analyzed in terms of reasons and the properties of objects that provide them for us. Reasons in this context are considerations that count in favour of certain attitudes. There are four other possibilities of how the connection between reasons and value might be formulated. For example, we can claim that value is a property that provides us with reasons to choose an option that has this property. I argue that none of these four other options can ultimately be defended, and therefore the buck-passing account is the one we ought to accept as the correct one. The case for the buck-passing account becomes even stronger, when we examine the weak points of the most pressing criticism against this account thus far.
K1 Value
K1 theory of action
K1 Reasons
K1 Practical rationality
K1 normative concepts
K1 buck-passing account
DO 10.1007/s10677-005-7107-6