Are Normative Explanatory Reasons Fundamentally Distinct from Normative Justificatory Reasons? A Critique of Logins's Erotetic View of Reasons

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On Logins's Erotetic View of reasons, normative reasons are the possible appropriate answers to normative 'Why?' questions. These questions can be interpreted in two ways: as requiring either an argument/reasoning or an explanation. Consequently, this view posits not only normative reasoning reasons but also normative explanatory reasons. Against this view, this paper argues for two claims. First, putative normative explanatory reasons are not fundamentally distinct from normative justificatory reasons. Second, although normative 'Why?' questions could sometimes guide someone normatively, these questions themselves are not genuinely normative.

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