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).
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).
We avoid inconsistencies because we desire to be rational (and hence consistent). <=> idealistic-desire 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).
We ought to avoid inconsistency because an ideal observer would desire this. <=> ideal-observer-theory 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).
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
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).
Inconsistency is an inherently bad cognitive state that ought other-things-equal to be avoided. <=> prima-facie-duty 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).
We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that we ought to be consistent. <=> intuitionism justification