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Does moral action depend on reasoning?

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Barbara Russell

Does moral action depend on reasoning? Reading this question, posed to several thinkers by the John Templeton Foundation  (its motto is: Supporting science, investing in the big questions), I automatically personalized it: When I act morally, do I first think about what I'm going to do? Or do I just act based on habit or intuition? But wait ... the Templeton question can be interpreted another way: When I act morally, am I using good reasons? And what counts as a good reason anyway?

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