ABSTRACT
This chapter contains a very brief introduction to moral motivation, followed by a thought experiment. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. One highly influential view claims that, to be motivated to do something, people need two distinct mental states: beliefs and desires. This seems an intuitive idea. However, people might doubt whether this could be true for all motivation, especially when it comes to moral motivation. The thought experiment presents a case of a father promises to play football in the garden with his daughter. The questions are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, so they also think that they can be used to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to thought experiment.
