An overview of the philosophical subfield of practical reasoning.

Presenting the most comprehensive and lucid account of the topic currently available, Robert Audi's "Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision" is essential read

Everyone allows that we can reason to a new belief from beliefs that we already have. Aristotle thought that we could also reason from beliefs to action. Practi

Examines how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory.

In choosing between moral alternatives -- choosing between various forms of ethical action -- we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the pr