Some philosophers have argued that all reasons for acting are provided by the fact that the agent wants something. Others have argued that no practical reasons are provided by such facts–reasons are instead provided by facts about what one wants, such as the fact that the object is good in some way. In this paper, I argue for a ‘hybrid’ view of reasons. I critically examine the ‘value-based’ arguments of Joseph Raz, Thomas Scanlon, and Derek Parfit and present a positive argument that ‘feeling like it’ (or ‘whims’) can provide reasons. I end by showing how the hybrid view is compatible with a unified understanding of the ‘source of practical justification’
