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| 1614187280 | act utilitarianism | A consequentialist ethical theory that claims an action is right if it is the act that generates the greatest good for the greatest number. | 0 | |
| 1614187281 | argument | A set of sentences (premises) put forth to establish a claim (conclusion); the set of premises and conclusion form the argument. | 1 | |
| 1614187282 | belief | A claim that is held to be true. | 2 | |
| 1614187283 | conclusion | The result of an argument, or what the argument seeks to establish. | 3 | |
| 1614187284 | deductive argument | A kind of reasoning in which a conclusion is shown to follow necessarily from the premises. | 4 | |
| 1614187285 | deontology | A nonconsequentialist ethical theory that claims an act is to be evaluated in terms of its accordance with a specified set of rules. | 5 | |
| 1614187286 | dialectical | Describing a specific mode of argument; also a term characterizing an interdependent relationship between or among two or more things. | 6 | |
| 1614187287 | emotivism | A meta-ethical view that claims ethical statements are merely expressions of one's emotion toward a given act, not based on facts or moral realities. | 7 | |
| 1614187288 | ethical egoism | An ethical view that argues acts should be done out of a person's self-interest. | 8 | |
| 1614187289 | Golden Mean | The middle, or mean, between two extremes; prominent in Aristotle's discussion of virtue. | 9 | |
| 1614187290 | inductive | Describes a kind of reasoning in which a conclusion is based on a set of reasons that do not conclusively establish that conclusion. | 10 | |
| 1614187291 | intuitions | A general term used to refer to views that are spontaneous or not necessarily the result of considered, rational reflection. | 11 | |
| 1614187292 | justified belief | A claim that a person holds on the basis of evidence and reason sufficient to claim that the belief is warranted or legitimate. | 12 | |
| 1614187293 | knowledge claim | The assertion of something as factual or objectively true. | 13 | |
| 1614187294 | logic | The study of arguments and how they are put together. | 14 | |
| 1614187295 | noncognitive | Describes a meta-ethical view that denies there are moral facts, or real moral truths; the denial that moral claims can be determined to be true or false. | 15 | |
| 1614187296 | opinion | A subjectively based claim that does not necessarily appeal to reason or evidence. | 16 | |
| 1614187297 | premise | A reason put forth in argument to support a claim or conclusion. | 17 | |
| 1614187298 | psychological egoism | The view that people, in fact, do whatever it is that maximizes their utility. | 18 | |
| 1614187299 | relativism | The view that moral claims are relative to an individual or community, and do not have objective value or truth. | 19 | |
| 1614187300 | rule utilitarianism | A consequentialist ethical theory that claims an action is right if it is in accordance with a rule that generates the greatest good for the greatest number. | 20 | |
| 1614187301 | sentence | A linguistic unit of meaning designed to assert something; often said to require both a subject and a predicate as minimal components. | 21 | |
| 1614187302 | soundness | The characteristic of a deductive argument that is valid, and the premises of which are true. | 22 | |
| 1614187303 | utilitarianism | A consequentialist ethical theory that evaluates moral claims in terms of their outcomes, and to the extent these outcomes generate the greatest benefit for the greatest number. | 23 | |
| 1614187304 | validity | The characteristic of a deductive argument requiring the truth of the conclusion if the truth of the premises is accepted. | 24 | |
| 1614187305 | virtue ethics | An ethical theory that focuses on the character of the agent in evaluating moral behavior, in contrast to utilitarianism or deontology; often associated with Aristotle. | 25 |
