Reasons from within: desires and values

Introduction: The debate

Deliberation

Internalism versus externalism

Advantages of internalism: a modified humeanism

Reasons and rationality

Reasons defined

Rationality: the information requirement

Rationality: the coherence requirement

Emotions, desires, and reasons

Emotions and desires

Desires, depression, and rationality

Desires and reasons

The externalist's examples

Learning reasons for desires

Prudence

Moral motivation

A different approach and a last ditch reply

The case against objective value

Objective value and motivation

The impartial and impersonal perspectives

Pleasures and pains

Good and meaningful lives

Conclusion.