Formal Ethics 3 - Conscientiousness

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be conscientious.

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be conscientious.

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Our judgments in favor of conscientiousness express our (actual or ideal) feelings in favor of it. <=> emotivism justification

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be conscientious.

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

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be conscientious.

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

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be conscientious.

We strive for conscientiousness because it promotes our own well-being and self-respect -- and because it earns us the respect and appreciation of others. <=> self-interested-desire justification

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be conscientious.

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

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