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Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency.
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - emotivism justification
{ 3 } - self-interested-desire justification
{ 4 } - utilitarianism justification
{ 5 } - intuitionism justification
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Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency.
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - emotivism justification
{ 3 } - self-interested-desire justification
{ 4 } - utilitarianism justification
{ 5 } - intuitionism justification
We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent). <=> idealistic-desire justification
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Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency.
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - emotivism justification
{ 3 } - self-interested-desire justification
{ 4 } - utilitarianism justification
{ 5 } - intuitionism justification
Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency. <=> emotivism justification
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Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency.
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - emotivism justification
{ 3 } - self-interested-desire justification
{ 4 } - utilitarianism justification
{ 5 } - intuitionism justification
We avoid inconsistencies since they are inherently distressful and unpleasant (cognitive dissonance) and bring harm and confusion to our lives (as shown by the contradictitis example). <=> self-interested-desire justification
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Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency.
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - emotivism justification
{ 3 } - self-interested-desire justification
{ 4 } - utilitarianism justification
{ 5 } - intuitionism justification
Inconsistency ought to be avoided because it harms the individual and also harms society. <=> utilitarianism justification
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Our judgments against inconsistency simply express our (actual or ideal) feelings against inconsistency.
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - emotivism justification
{ 3 } - self-interested-desire justification
{ 4 } - utilitarianism justification
{ 5 } - intuitionism justification
We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be consistent. <=> intuitionism justification
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