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- Title: Lomasky on Practical Reason: Personal Value and Metavalues.
- Author : Reason Papers
- Release Date : January 22, 2007
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
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In Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community (from now on, PRMC), Loren Lomasky develops a tripartite derivation of basic rights. (1) In the second component of the derivation, Lomasky argues for "the transmissibility of practical reason" (PRMC 64). According to this principle, by understanding that another agent has a reason (personal, agent-relative) to pursue an end, that provides me with a reason (impersonal, agent-neutral) to bring about that end. Eric Mack, in "Against Agent-Neutral Value" (from now on, AANV), argues against Lomasky's notion of the "transmission." (2) In a later article, "Response to Four Critics" (from now on, RFC), Lomasky defends this notion against Mack's argument. (3) This essay will show that Lomasky's defense against Mack (in RFC) fails. 1. Personal, Impersonal, and the Transmission