INTENDED AND FORESEEN UNAVOIDABLE CONSEQUENCES

Abstract

Abstract What is the difference between an intended consequence and a foreseen unavoidable consequence? The answer, I argue, turns on the exercise of knowhow knowledge in the process that led to the consequence. I argue for this using a theory according to which acting intentionally is acting as a reason. I show how this gives us a more promising explanation of the difference than the dominant explanations, according to which acting intentionally is acting for a reason.

Keywords

• Intention
• Intentional action
• Reasons for action
• Cognitivism about intention
• Deviant causation