Editing Practical reason (section)

===Argumentation scheme for instrumental practical reasoning===
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| MAJOR PREMISE:|| I have a goal G.
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| MINOR PREMISE:|| Carrying out this action A is a means to realize G.
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| CONCLUSION:|| Therefore, I ought (practically speaking) to carry out this action A.
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'''Critical questions'''

:CQ1: What other goals do I have that should be considered that might conflict with G?
:CQ2: What alternative actions to my bringing about A that would also bring about G should be considered?
:CQ3: Among bringing about A and these alternative actions, which is arguably the most efficient?
:CQ4: What grounds are there for arguing that it is practically possible for me to bring about A?
:CQ5: What consequences of my bringing about A should also be taken into account?

It can be seen from CQ5  that argumentation from consequences is closely related to the scheme for practical reasoning.
It has often been disputed in philosophy whether practical reasoning is purely instrumental or whether it needs to be based on values. Argument from values is combined with practical reasoning in the type of argumentation called value-based practical reasoning.<ref name="Atkinson2005"/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Atkinson|first1=Katie|last2=Bench-Capon|first2=Trevor|last3=McBurney|first3=Peter|title=Computational Representation of Practical Argument|journal=[[Synthese]]|date=2006|volume=152|issue=2|pages=157–206|doi=10.1007/s11229-005-3488-2|citeseerx=10.1.1.127.8521|s2cid=5710585}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Macagno|first1=Fabrizio|last2=Walton|first2=Douglas |authorlink2=Douglas N. Walton |title=Persuasive Definitions: Values, Meanings and Implicit Disagreements|journal=Informal Logic|date=2008|volume=28|issue=3|pages=203–28|url=http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/viewArticle/594|doi=10.22329/il.v28i3.594|doi-access=free}}</ref> The following [[argumentation scheme]] for value-based practical reasoning is given in {{harvtxt|Atkinson|Bench-Capon|McBurney|2005|pp=2–3}}.