e theoretical reasoning, practical reasoning looks for premises and a conclusion (Milo 44-45). Milo quotes Anscombe to say that practical reasoning is a form of thinking about what one ought to do. It is a form of proof to substantiate a particular action (45). Practical reasoning gives us reasons for action, not reasons for believing. It is not always easy to see the necessity for action in practical reasoning. At times one can only conclude that one should do such and such (Milo 48).
Practical reasoning presupposes desire. Desire is the main motivation for practical reasoning. Milo mentions that practical reasoning results in action because we are motivated to act by the desires we have and that some desire is always presupposed by practical reasoning (54). The aim of practical deliberation is to link up the desir
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