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We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent).

    { 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 2 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 3 } - cultural-relativism justification
    { 4 } - emotivism justification
    { 5 } - prescriptivism justification

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We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent).

We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent). <=> idealistic-desire justification

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent).

    { 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 2 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 3 } - cultural-relativism justification
    { 4 } - emotivism justification
    { 5 } - prescriptivism justification

Inconsistency is an inherently bad cognitive state that ought other-things-equal to be avoided. <=> prima-facie-duty justification

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We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent).

    { 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 2 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 3 } - cultural-relativism justification
    { 4 } - emotivism justification
    { 5 } - prescriptivism justification

We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency). <=> cultural-relativism justification

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4 is wrong. Please try again.

We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent).

    { 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 2 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 3 } - cultural-relativism justification
    { 4 } - emotivism justification
    { 5 } - prescriptivism justification

Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency. <=> emotivism justification

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We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent).

    { 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
    { 2 } - prima-facie-duty justification
    { 3 } - cultural-relativism justification
    { 4 } - emotivism justification
    { 5 } - prescriptivism justification

Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our choice to live a life that values consistency. <=> prescriptivism justification

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