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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).
{ 1 } - idealistic-desire justification
{ 2 } - prima-facie-duty justification
{ 3 } - cultural-relativism justification
{ 4 } - emotivism justification
{ 5 } - prescriptivism justification
We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent). <=> idealistic-desire 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
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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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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