PHI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deductive Reasoning, Moral Reasoning, Slippery Slope
17 Feb 2017
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Moral reasoning is ordinary critical reasoning applied to ethics. Critical reasoning is the careful, systematic evaluation of statements or claims. Critical reasoning is used everyday to determine whether a statement is worthy of acceptance. When you use critical reasoning, the goal is to figure out whether to accept, or believe a. A statement is an assertion that something is or is not the case; it"s either true or false. An argument is a group of statements, one of which is supposed to be supported by the statement rest. In an argument, the supporting statements are known as premises. The statement being supported is known as a conclusion. Indicator words are terms that often appear in arguments and signal that a premise or. Indicator words are simply hints that an argument may be close by conclusion may be nearby. A good argument shows that its conclusion is worthy of belief or acceptance; a bad argument fails to show this.
