 One objection to such a view (raised by Feldman and Buckareff [2003]) is that it appeals to something that is not necessary for the truth of the kind of explanation we are considering. One can decide on the basis of a certain desire, and citing that desire can yield a true reason-explanation of one’s decision, even if the intention that one forms in deciding is not a second-order attitude, an attitude that is about (in part) another of one’s attitudes (a certain desire). O’Connor might accept this point and propose that we will have a true reason-explanation as well if the intention that is acquired represents, not the desire in question, but rather the object of that desire. The proposal would then resemble McCann’s account of reason-explanation. However, it might be objected that one can decide on the basis of a desire even if the intention that one forms in making that decision does not represent, in its content, the object of that desire. As we observed in examining McCann’s view, an agent sometimes makes a decision for many reasons, and it is implausible that each and every one of the reasons for which a decision is made must enter into the content of that decision.