CMI Test 1 Review McKitrick mckitric@uab.edu

Philosophy

moral philosophy/ ethics

argument

premises, conclusion

premise indicators

conclusion indicators

types of arguments

simple

extended/ complex

inductive

deductive

valid

sound

inductively strong

cogent

moral

factual (descriptive) premises

moral (prescriptive) premises

You can't derive 'ought' from 'is'.

How to evaluate and criticize arguments

counterexample/ analogy

consequentialist moral theory

deontological moral theory

specific moral claims

general moral principles

moral (or ethical) relativism

individual (subjectivism)

cultural

fundamental ethical truth

derivative ethical truth

Absolutism

Arguments for cultural relativism

cultural variation

undecidability

subjectivism

Arguments against cultural relativism

error

change

interaction

consistency

How to support moral premises

justification from above

justification from below

reflective equilibrium

Arguing against moral principes

1^st principles

Moral theories

virtue ethics

Aristotle

intrinsic good

instrumental good

Kant

categorical imperative

Mill

Utilitarianism

act

rule

principle of utility

hedonism

Contractarianism

Rawls

original position

veil of ignorance