PHIL 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ice Cream, Thx, Youth Detention Center
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Midterm exam, part i: march 3rd multiple choice and short answer. Philosophical argumentation: claims: statements that are either true or false, arguments. Validity: the conclusion is entailed by, or logically follow from, the premises a property of structure/form--*basically follows the right format* Soundness: the argument is valid, and all of the premises are true. Circularity: an argument that contains a premise that one would only believe if one already believed the conclusion. Equivocations: someone used the same word or phrase more than once, but in each instance, the word/phrase means something different: moral language. Impermissibility: acts that we are never allowed to do. Supererogation: acts that go above and beyond what you"re needed to do: side note~ utilitarians think this is stupid, and think that all acts. E. are required if they benefit the max number of people possible. Neutrality: acts that are morally permissible, but are not morally obligatory or morally supererogatory.
