Plans, commitments and practical norms of reason

Abstract

This paper uses the “planning” or “narrative” approach to agency – which has recently been developed by philosophers Bratman, Gauthier, McClennen and Velleman – to do two things. First, the paper criticises the standard, decision‐theoretic view of “rational” agent action and, second, it sketches a positive model of agency in which agents employ (quasi‐)Kantian maxims to guide their conduct.

Citation

Sharpe, K. (2003), "Plans, commitments and practical norms of reason", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 30 No. 8, pp. 893-905. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290310483760