Formal Ethics 2 - Logicality

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We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency).

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We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency).

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

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We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency).

We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be consistent. <=> intuitionism justification

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We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency).

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

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We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency).

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

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We ought to avoid inconsistency because society demands this (perhaps because it couldn't survive without consistency).

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

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