Lexicon of Arguments

 

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Moral/Logic/Geach: morality is often regarded as imperatives, but there is a different logic.
"Shall I?": there are only two possible answers, and these are contradictory.
In the case of
"Should I": there three possible answers: (A) the duty to do ... (B) the right to do... pro, but also contra, (C) the obligation, not ... -
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Contradiction/action/moral/ethics/Strawson/Geach: in interesting cases, R is not inconsistent with P and Q itself, but because the contradiction follows from P and Q together.
From P and Q and R together follows S and its contradiction ~S, therefore it does not matter if we explain consequence in terms of inconsistency, or vice versa inconsistency in terms of consequence.
GeachVsWilliams: even if a contradictory order follows from an earlier given, one will not say that the command recipient had received the order to draw a wrong conclusion.
Williams: if no action follows, no practical conclusion was concluded.
GeachVsWilliams: vice versa, if the conclusion can be derived, the conclusion exists.
>Contradiction, >Conclusion, >Consequence, cf. >Deontology, >Consequentialism.