Actual Guidance Is Enough

In a recent article, Sharadin and van Someren Greve call into question an idea many philosophers take to be platitudinous, namely that deontic evaluation is capable of action guidance. this critical note, I argue their skeptical worries are unwarranted. The central problem in argument, claim, too unrestrained account "actual guidance". According account, agent's alternative bears the result both right wrong would actually guide agent with respect whether or not perform it. This, argue, implausible because it does help settle issue she interested in. propose actual guidance, according which guides action, X, if, only changes perception relative weight pros cons X-ing. This understanding guidance", coherent, natural, better captures our pre-theoretical sense what means for consideration action. However, since Sharadin's Greve's endeavor entirely depends on claim we could understand guidance" way, argument never really gets off ground. conclude authors do provide sufficient basis doubting doing for.