01:730:105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Muppets, Deontological Ethics, Consequentialism
23 Oct 2018
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Deontological theory that characterizes morality in terms of a set of rules. All of morality is captured under constraints. The most famous deontological moral theory is just constraints. There are some concerns that apply to the idea of constraints. An argument is valid just in case it"s possible for its premises to be true while its conclusion is false. An argument is sound just in case: (i. ) It"s valid, and (ii. ) all of its premises are true. If the premises are false, then the argument is not sound. There are valid arguments, in which the conclusion is false (valid, yet not sound) There are invalid arguments with true conclusions. Example: fozzie is a bear, some muppets are bears, fozzie is a muppet. All because the arguments are false or are weak, does not mean the view that the arguments are trying to conclude is false. There are unsound (because invalid) arguments with true premises and true conclusions.
