Abstract
This introductory chapter sets out the plan for the book, and provides an overview of each of the main chapters. It also looks to a well-known historical precursor to contemporary work on means–ends coherence: Kant’s famous discussion of hypothetical imperatives in the Groundwork. The chapter also explores two contemporary sources of philosophical interest in instrumental rationality: an older debate about the scope of practical reason, and a more recent debate about the normativity of rational requirements. Lastly, the chapter begins to explain and defend the formulation of means–ends coherence that will be used throughout the book.
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