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Chapter 1 argued that moral philosophy should be based on Firm Foundations — on truths commonly recognized by human observers — and that the following instrumental conception of normative rationality is the firmest such foundation:
Instrumentalism: if one’s motivational interests would be best satisfied by φ-ing, then it is instrumentally rational for one to φ — that is, one instrumentally ought to φ.
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Arvan, M. (2016). The Problem of Possible Future Selves. In: Rightness as Fairness. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137541819_3
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