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Full Idea
The distinctive Humean view of normative reasons for action is that the rational thing for an agent to do is simply to act so as to maximally satisfy her desires, whatever the content of those desires.
Gist of Idea
Humeans take maximising desire satisfaction as the normative reasons for actions
Source
Michael Smith (The Moral Problem [1994], 5.1)
Book Ref
Smith,Michael: 'The Moral Problem' [Blackwell 1994], p.130
A Reaction
Smith disagrees with this view (though he agrees with Hume about motivating reasons). An obvious problem for the Humean view would be a strong desire to do something excessively dangerous.
Related Idea
Idea 23733 Motivating reasons are psychological, while normative reasons are external [Smith,M]