According to Hume, reason can be an influence, but it can never influence any action of the will. ... Basically, he is saying that it is up to reason to find the value for the person. ... If indeed reason did that, it would just direct the focus of the action, and except for that, reason can do nothing more. Reason is the slave of the passion because reason cannot proceed in giving rise to any motivation; it is completely dependent on past desires because of its representative quality. ... The philosopher, Michael Slote, disagrees with his Principles of Rational Choice and critiques the cou...

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