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| a set of claims consisting of a conclusion, which is to be supported, and one or more premises, which are to be the conclusion |
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| a valid argument, or one intended to be valid is a what kind of argument? |
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| the claim that is argued for is what? |
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| these type of premises are two or more premises in an argument, all of which must be true in order to support the conclusion. |
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| A ___ argument is one that offers justification for accepting its conclusion; the most general term of approbation for arguments. |
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| ___ premises are two or more premises in an argument, each of which provides the support it does for the conclusion regardless of whether the others are tur. |
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| A(n) ___ argument, usually intended to be valid, is one that is not |
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| A(n) ___ is a claim that provides a reason for believing the conclusion. |
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| A(a)___ argument is a valid argument all whose premises are true |
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| A(a) ___ argument is normally inductive and of the sort that, when all of its premises are true, the conclusion is unlikely to be false. |
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| A(a) ___ argument is a deductive argument that is not sound, whether because one or more of its premises is false or because it is not valid |
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| A(a)___ premise is one needed in an argument to make it valid or strong |
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| A(a) ___ argument is a deductive argument of the sort that, whenever all its premise are true, the conclusion is true as well. |
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| ___ is non-argumentative material included within, or in lieu of, an argument. |
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| "___ premises need one another all to be true to make the argument work." |
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| "___ premises need do not one another all to be true to make the argument work." |
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| "In most general terms, we call an argument ___ if it gives grounds for accepting the conclusion." |
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| "A ___ argument with true premises provides absolute proof of the truth of the conclusion." |
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| "A deductive argument whos true premises do not necessarily prove its conclusion is considered to be ____" |
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| "An argument is ___ if it is valid and all of its premises are true." |
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| "When arguments are not intended to be valid, they may be evluated as ___ or ___." |
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| "An argument is ___ if, whenever all its premises are true, the conclusion is unlikely to be false." |
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| "___ and ___ are absolute terms - they either hold for an argument or they don't." |
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| The claim or claims in an argument that provide the reasons for believing the conclusion |
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| beggining with an "is" and deducing an "ought" is known as what type of fallacy? |
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| _____ is a moral theory that focuses mainly on concequences |
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| Deontology or deontologsim |
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| ____ is a moral theory that focuses mainly on one's intentions |
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| ___ is a moral theory that focuses mainly on an act of being universalizable |
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| An appeal to precedent is a type of ___. |
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| The claim (in law) that a current case is sufficiently similar to a previous case that should be settled in the same way (ch.12) |
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| Kant's term for an absolute moral rule that is justified because of its logic: |
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| the vew that our moral duty(what's right or wrong) is dictated by God. |
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| the view that a person should perform an action becausse it is his or her moral duty to perform it, not because eof any consequences that might follow from it. |
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| the claim that the only way to justify a restriction on a person's freedom is to sow that the only restriction prevents harm to other people |
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| Kant's term for a command that is binding only if one is interested in a certain result; an "if-then" situation. |
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| the theory that, if an activity is immoral, it should also be illegal. |
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| the theory that a restriction on a person's freedom can sometimes be justified by showing that it is for that person's own benefit. |
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| the view that what is moraaly right and wrong depends on and is determined by one's group or culture. |
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| the fallacy of irrelevant conclusions; an inference that does no follow from the premises. |
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| the claim that an action or activity can justifiably be made illegal if it is sufficiently offensive |
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| "Letting the decision stand." Going by precedent. |
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| the moral position unified around the basic idea that we should promote happniness as much as possible and wight actions or derivative principles in terms of their utility in achieving this goal |
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| the moral position unified around the basic idea that each of us should try to perfect a virtous character that we exhibit in all actions |
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