moral arguments
Debates about right
Moral arguments are reasons offered to support claims about right and wrong, good and bad, or what ought to be done.
They appeal to ethical principles, values, or consequences rather than purely practical considerations: The moral argument against torture doesn't depend on whether it works.
In philosophy of religion, the moral argument specifically refers to reasoning that the existence of objective morality implies the existence of God.
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- right and wrongEthical distinction
- debateFormal argument on issues
- conscienceInternal moral sense
right · wrong · virtue · justice · principles · dilemma · values · reasoning · duty · ought · sin · righteousness · golden rule · persuasion · stance · conviction · sermon · pulpit
- ApologeticsGod's existence, problem of evil, theism, Thomas Aquinas, Aquinas
- ethicsdeontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism, consequentialism
moral argumentscost-benefit analysis
Systematic comparison of advantages, disadvantages
statistical analysis · empirical evidence · logical proofs · mathematical reasoning · legal arguments
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Pressured compliance through threats
threats · brute force · intimidation · manipulation · bribery
moral argumentsamorality
Lacking ethical concern
nihilism · moral relativism · expedience · opportunism · realpolitik
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