The Oxford Handbook of Rationality by Alfred R. Mele & Piers Rawling

Author:Alfred R. Mele & Piers Rawling [Mele, Alfred R. & Rawling, Piers]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-18T00:57:03+00:00

The third response is to adopt a revisionist approach. The revisionist agrees with the compatibilist that rule-guided behavior does have a real place within an instrumental theory of justification, but one that forces us to revise the standard account of practical reasoning. The revisionist, then, denies that if the rule gives the wrong result it would be irrational to follow it. A typical revisionist strategy is to argue for some sort of hierarchical model of justification, in which a distinction is made between justifying the choice of rules and justifying the choice of an action within the framework of the rules that have been adopted. 4 That means, however, that on the revisionist account, the door is opened to the possibility of rule-guided rational action that is not supported by the balance of reasons applicable at the time the action is taken. Predictably, whenever a revisionist insists that it is rational to be guided by a rule, the compatibilist will argue that the reasons for following the rule actually tip the balance of reasons in favor of conformity to the rule. Compatibilists are inclined, then, to argue that revisionism is not a coherent position, in that it must sanction actions that are not supported by the balance of reasons.

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