The reading was very interesting as it addresses the topic of moral arguments. Moral arguments are \u201carguments whose conclusions assert that something is morally good or morally bad.\u201d These types of arguments don\u2019t actually have the words \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad\u201d in them but instead they are revealed by other words. The nature of moral arguments includes a lot of emotion and often times these feelings can distract from choosing a belief or side to be on. Due to the complexity and importance of moral arguments, we can also map them. Mapping these arguments relates to the other readings from Warren that we have done in class. Moral arguments contain premises and are typically about actions. While there are other complications that differ from the basics of Warren, there are also similarities in the ways that the arguments are evaluated.<\/p>\n
This evaluation of if something is morally wrong can be associated with the article we read \u201cDoing, Good Better\u201d by William Macaskill. This article deals with doing good and doing it in the most efficient way possible. As individuals, we are constantly looking at what is right and wrong and how we can help others. Moral arguments and the evaluation of them is vital to our society. Arguments are intended to find the truth within beliefs. By combining this with morals, we are looking within societal beliefs and evaluating what is \u201cpermitted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The reading was very interesting as it addresses the topic of moral arguments. Moral arguments are \u201carguments whose conclusions assert that something is morally good or morally bad.\u201d These types of arguments don\u2019t actually have the words \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad\u201d in them but instead they are revealed by other words. The nature of moral arguments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-responses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6090,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions\/6090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}