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Nonmoral
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Nonmoral
A statement saying an action is right or wrong is this kind of statement.
What is a moral statement?
This kind of argument is supposed to provide logically conclusive support for its conclusion.
What is a deductive argument?
Using a statement as both a premise and the conclusion of the same argument.
What is begging the question?
An explanation of what makes an action right or what makes a person or thing good.
What is a moral theory?
Paying attention only to evidence that supports your belief while ignoring evidence against it.
What is confirmation bias?
“Jena did not lie.” This is what kind of statement.
What is a nonmoral statement?
This kind of argument is supposed to offer probable support for its conclusion.
What is an inductive argument?
Assigning two different meanings to the same term in an argument.
What is equivocation?
A theory that says what makes an action right is its consequences.
What is a consequentialist theory?
Relying on evidence that is vivid or memorable rather than reliable.
What is the availability error?
“What makes an argument a moral argument,” according to the slides, is that its conclusion is always one of these.
What is a moral statement?
If the premises are true and the conclusion must be true, the deductive argument is this.
What is vaild?
Relying on the opinion of someone treated as an expert when they are not actually an expert in the field at issue.
What is a fallacious appeal to authority?
A theory that says what makes an action right is its nature or form, not its consequences.
What is a nonconsequentialist theory?
Looking only for support for a specific conclusion instead of searching for the truth.
What is motivated reasoning?
This kind of argument includes both moral and nonmoral premises.
What is a moral argument?
If an inductive argument is strong and all its premises are true, it is called this.
What is cogent?
Trying to get someone to accept a conclusion by using fear, pity, guilt, or anger instead of relevant reasons.
What is fallacious appeal to emotion?
This consequentialist theory says the morally right action is the one producing the most favorable balance of good over evil, everyone considered.
What is utilitarianism?
This bias happens when people who know very little about a topic overestimate their knowledge or skill.
What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?
Vaughn says you cannot establish what ought or should be based solely on this.
What is what is / nonmoral facts alone?
“Almost all the men at this college have high SAT scores. Therefore, Julio probably has high SAT scores.” What type of argument is this?
What is an inductive argument?
Misrepresenting someone’s view so it is easier to attack.
What is the straw man fallacy?
This nonconsequentialist theory says an action is right only if you could rationally will its rule to be universal.
What is Kant’s theory / the categorical imperative?
A student watches several dramatic plane crash stories online and then insists flying is far more dangerous than driving, even though the best evidence says otherwise.
What is the availability error?