When we group reasons into family resemblance groups, we find four major groups, with one of them having three subgroups. The following are the kinds of reasons people ultimately have.
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Hedonic
variations on pleasure, pain, noxiousness, disgustingness
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Prudential
variations on my self interest, what is good for me (or bad for me), what is to my advantage (or disadvantage)
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Ethical
variations on what is right or wrong, good or bad, fair or unfair, just or unjust and with whether I have a duty or obligation
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Aesthetic
variations on the primitive notion of fittingness
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Artistic
how things fit together
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Social
what the situation calls for
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Intellectual
what fits
the facts of the matter
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