LOGICAL FALLACIES
KEY TERMS
THEORIES
CRITICAL THINKING
PHILOSOPHERS AND TEACHERS
100
How can you be so irresponsible, you let someone steal my purse when I went to the bathroom? You’re such a loser.
What is Ad hominem abusive?
100
The reasoned study of what is morally right and wrong, good and bad.
What is ethics?
100
This consequential theory is all about me!
What is Egoism?
100
Those who could be affected by our decisions and our actions.
Who are Stakeholders?
100
His argument is what makes a virtuous action virtuous is that it is guided by knowledge of the good.
Who is Plato?
200
Farm children have more accidents. Farm children eat fresh vegetables from the garden, so eating fresh garden vegetables causes more accidents.
What is Statistical correlation?
200
General guidelines of ethical behavior: the should statements of ethics.
What are Ethical principles?
200
Central principle to this theory is the only moral duty is to respect, and not violate, the rights of others.
What is Natural Rights?
200
There are three parts to an argument; 1. Premises. 2. Structure. Name the third.
What is Conclusion?
200
She brought PHI 1600 to life and created an ethical atmosphere for everyone to learn..
Who is Donna Smith
300
We should 2nd mortgage our home and buy foreclosures because it was on an infomercial.
What is false appeal to authority?
300
A duty that professionals have toward their clients to make each decision for the client’s best interest and welfare, not the professional’s own.
What is fiduciary obligation?
300
The utility principle is found in this theory from Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
What is Utilitarianism?
300
The branch of philosophy that deals with thinking and reasoning processes.
What is logic?
300
One of his most unique ethical concepts is the Golden Mean.
Who is Socrates?
400
You have to go visit your grandmother this year because it could be her last year alive and you will regret it if you don’t.
What is Appeal to Emotion?
400
A written set of principles and rules intended to serve as a guideline for determining appropriate ethical behavior for those individuals under its authority.
What is a Code of Ethics?
400
This theory is primarily a theory of social justice. It includes the 3 principle of justice.
What is contractianism?
400
This argument has two central distinctions, validity and sound.
What is a deductive argument?
400
A psychology professor at Harvard, he found six stages in our development of moral judgement.
Who is Kohlberg?
500
I don’t care what the sun index is; you can’t get sunburn in January.
What is Questionable Claim?
500
The goal of social punishment of preventing future crimes by the person being punished.
What is deterrence?
500
Duty itself—duty for duty’s sake. Do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do.
Who is Kant?
500
Identification, Research, Analysis, Application, Decision making, Evaluation, Reflection.
What are the seven components to the Critical Thinking Model?
500
His writings about human rights strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson and the other founders of the United States.
Who is John Locke?