Formal Ethics 3 - Conscientiousness

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We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this.

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We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this.

{ 1 } - prescriptivism justification

Since an ought judgment is a prescription that logically entails the corresponding imperative (and not a factual claim), ought judgments logically commit us to action under pain of inconsistency. Thus conscientiousness is justified as a species of logical consistency. <=> prescriptivism justification

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We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this.

Violating conscientiousness is inherently bad and thus ought other-things-equal to be avoided. <=> prima-facie-duty justification

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We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this.

Since an ought judgment is a truth that logically entails the corresponding imperative, such judgments have a rational authority. If we accept an ought judgment but don't act on it, then we are logically inconsistent and violate rationality. <=> Kantian justification

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We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this.

We ought to be conscientious because God desire this. <=> divine-command-theory justification

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We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this.

We ought to be conscientious because an ideal observer would desire this. <=> ideal-observer-theory justification

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