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On Virtue Ethics

MrPhilosopher September 08, 2019 at 08:38 3150 views 7 comments
Hello fellow philosophers,

Is there a universal definition for rational deduction?

Thank you for your altruism :)

Comments (7)

Sunnyside September 08, 2019 at 09:55 #325891
Reply to MrPhilosopher The process of deduction follows standards of logic but the question I have right off the bat is "What do we mean by rational?".
Sunnyside September 08, 2019 at 09:57 #325892
Reply to MrPhilosopher What does a "universal definition for rational deduction" have to do with virtue ethics?
Shamshir September 08, 2019 at 10:01 #325893
Reply to MrPhilosopher Matching leads.
MrPhilosopher September 08, 2019 at 11:29 #325914
Reply to Sunnyside

Something that encompases a epistomlogical view point, not merely a formula of organisation and expanding on hypotheses based on prescriptivist views.
TheMadFool September 08, 2019 at 13:23 #325931
Reply to MrPhilosopher

I can't quite remember where but there's the problem of universals. You might find that useful. The name suggests a link.
TheMadFool September 08, 2019 at 13:37 #325934
Virtue sought
to know the ought
Vice shed
peace when dead
there are rules
rigid fools
never say never
always whenever
one nor two
will ever do
all together
is bad weather

Masturbation is healthy :smile:
Sunnyside September 08, 2019 at 20:11 #326151
Reply to MrPhilosopher Isn't that just equivalent to "an absolute objective way to know something"? Then the problem is subjectivity/objectivity, which no one can agree on because most of us agree that the world is external but all experience is internal. So there is no one shoe fits all answer.