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| Teleological Ethical Questions Answer: |
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| What is the purpose of life? What goals should I work toward? |
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| Normative Ethical Questions Answer: |
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| What actions should I take? What should I refrain from doing? |
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| Arguments against Divine Command Theory: |
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*No reason for ethical claims
*If only theory, Atheists would have no reason to behave morally |
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| 2 Basic types of Arguments: |
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An attempt to prove a conclusion outright
If the premise are all true, there is no way to disprove conclusion |
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A deductive argument that cannot be disproven based on the strength of the premises
NOTE: The validity of an argument depends on form, not content. |
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A valid deductive argument with premise that are all true
If you have a sound argument, you're clearly right |
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Reasoning used in everyday life
Doesn't prove an argument, but provides very good reason to believe it |
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| Bad arguments that are mistakenly (or maliciously) presented to try to convince someone of a point without giving a good reason to believe it |
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| 3 Common Fallacies (types of arguments): |
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1. Invalid deductive arguments
2. circular arugments
3. emotional appeals |
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| an invalid (or otherwise unsound) deduction, the conclusion may be true, but the argument doesn't provide any useful evidence either way. |
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| A circular argument is a (usually deductive) argument in which one of the premises is actually equivalent to the conclusion |
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| provide no evidence that the conclusion is actually true, but rather attempt to secure belief for other reasons |
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