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We often rely on others for guidance about what to do. But wouldn't it be better to rely instead on only our own judgment? Eric Wiland argues that we can accept moral testimony without loss, that there are several distinctive social goods attainable by being guided by others, and that sometimes taking another's advice is the only way to act well.

Factualism, the explanatory requirement, and agency5 Hybrid theories; Building normative reasons out of motivating reasons; Building motivating reasons out of normative reasons; The identity thesis; 6 Constitutivism; Activities and aims; Hedonism; Action and knowledge; The knowledge constraint; Constitutivism and knowledge; Shmaction and shmagency; Constitutivism and error; The magic of constitutivism; 7 Anscombean views; Why?; The structure of action; Naïve action theory; Actions and facts; Keeping score; Activity and normativity; Conclusion; Notes; Further reading; Bibliography; Index.