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| Ethics, philosophy: ethics is concerned with the evaluation and justification of actions and ultimately a justification of morality. See also good, values, norms, actions, deontology, deontic logic, consequentialism, morals, motives, reasons, action theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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P. Geach on Ethics - Dictionary of Arguments
I 270 Moral/Logic/Geach: morality is often regarded as imperatives, but there is a different logic. "Shall I?": there are only two possible answers, and these are contradictory. In the case of "Should I": there three possible answers: (A) the duty to do ... (B) the right to do... pro, but also contra, (C) the obligation, not ... - I 279 Contradiction/action/moral/ethics/Strawson/Geach: in interesting cases, R is not inconsistent with P and Q itself, but because the contradiction follows from P and Q together. From P and Q and R together follows S and its contradiction ~S, therefore it does not matter if we explain consequence in terms of inconsistency, or vice versa inconsistency in terms of consequence. GeachVsWilliams: even if a contradictory order follows from an earlier given, one will not say that the command recipient had received the order to draw a wrong conclusion. Williams: if no action follows, no practical conclusion was concluded. GeachVsWilliams: vice versa, if the conclusion can be derived, the conclusion exists. >Contradiction, >Conclusion, >Consequence, cf. >Deontology, >Consequentialism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18