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Cui bono? Selfish goals need to pay their way

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

David Spurrett
David Spurrett*
Affiliation:
Philosophy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa. spurrett@ukzn.ac.zahttp://ukzn.academia.edu/DavidSpurrett
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Abstract

The target article falls short of explaining the phenomena, including motivational conflict, that it sets out to. The two main reasons for this are: (1) It is unclear in what sense goals are “selfish”; (2) We need an account of how selfish goals motivate people. If selfish goals are not in the replication business, then what is in it for them? And if they do not offer people something that they want, how do they ever influence what people do?

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 155 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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