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Title: Moral Judgments and Motivation
Subtitle: Making Sense of Mixed Intuitions
Author(s): VIGANI, Denise
Journal: Ethical Perspectives
Volume: 23    Issue: 2   Date: 2016   
Pages: 209-230
DOI: 10.2143/EP.23.2.3157181

Abstract :
The present article suggests an approach to the debate between motivational judgment internalism and motivational judgment externalism that can accommodate the fact that most individuals seem to hold a mix of internalist and externalist intuitions. Drawing on psychologist Augusto Blasi’s ‘self model’, I contend that the notion of identity-based motivation can provide a straightforward story about moral judgments and motivation in a way that makes sense of our mix of intuitions. Despite not appearing to fit neatly under either internalism or externalism, the resulting view seems able to account for many of the longstanding concerns of the debate.

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